Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
Highlights
EARTHQUAKE IN ECUADOR: A coverage of 12% has been achieved from the Flash Appeal in the first three weeks. The death toll rose to 660 people, 15 people are still missing, 190,364 received sanitary attention and 32,757 people are sheltered.
RAINS AND FLOODS: Dominican Republic, Colombia and Nicaragua report floods in various regions due to heavy rains in the last days.
MIGRATION: The number of Honduran children and adolescents unaccompanied migrants increased by 156% during the first four months of 2016, according to the United States Border Patrol.