Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Highlights
ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCY: In response to the emergency caused by the contamination of River La Pasion, four environmental experts are carrying out a mission in Guatemala.
RAINS: In Venezuela authorities declared state of emergency in the state of Apure. According to the media, about 41,105 people affected by the over flooding of Rivers Arauca and Sarare. In Colombia more than 5,000 are affected by the heavy rains.
DROUGHT: In Honduras about 807,015 small producers have been affected by the stationary drought, worsened by El Niño. The Government declared state of emergency in several municipalities