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Typhoon Tino deepens crisis for earthquake and flood survivors in the Philippines
CARE Philippines has activated its emergency teams in Cebu, Negros Occidental, and Eastern Samar to help communities affected by Typhoon Tino (Kalmaegi). This last storm has hit areas that were already coping with the aftermath of other recent emergencies.
Read MoreIPC report on starvation in Sudan: Famine persists amidst ongoing atrocities in El Fasher
The new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Partnership (IPC) report released yesterday confirms that famine is persisting in Sudan, with a high risk of it further expanding in the weeks to come.
Read MoreWABE: “CARE working with Caribbean organizations to provide Hurricane Melissa relief”
Jonathan Arogeti, CARE's Caribbean Humanitarian Response Lead, spoke to WABE - NPR's affiliate in the Atlanta region - about relief efforts in Jamaica and other countries impacted by Hurricane Melissa. Arogeti explained how CARE in Jamaica is responding to the devastating impact of the hurricane in partnership with the Jamaica Network of Rural Women Producers (JNRWP).
Read MoreMillions across the Caribbean cope with Hurricane Melissa’s devastating aftermath
Hurricane Melissa, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in recorded history, has left a trail of devastation across the Caribbean. It made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as a Category 5 storm, before tearing through Cuba (as a major hurricane) on Wednesday.
Read MoreABC (Australia): CARE’s Haiti Country Director on impacts of Hurricane Melissa
In the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm that made landfall in Jamaica on October 28, CARE's Country Director in Haiti Martin Dickler, spoke to ABC News about the hurricane's impact on the island, a nation that is already experiencing multiple crises resulting in acute hunger, displacement, and insecurity.
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USA Today: CARE is among relief agencies mentioned for Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane Melissa has brought widespread havoc to the Caribbean and caused at least 25 deaths in Haiti, and 8 in Jamaica. CARE is among the aid agencies mentioned by USA Today that is responding to this Category 5 hurricane.
Read MoreTIME: CARE included in the ‘How to Help’ list for Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 hurricane and one of the strongest Atlantic storms on record, has made a landfall in Jamaica and is threatening other countries in the Caribbean. CARE is one of the organizations highlighted in TIMEs magazine How to Help list for responding to this humanitarian emergency.
Read MoreAccuweather: CARE’s Jonathan Arogeti on Hurricane Melissa
Jonathan Arogeti, CARE's Emergency Response Lead in the Caribbean, spoke to Accuweather on how CARE and its partners on the ground in Jamaica were preparing ahead of Hurricane Melissa's landfall. CARE has been prepositioning first aid and hygiene supplies; emergency food rations; clean water; water treatment kits; and shelter supplies.
Read MoreHurricane Melissa: Caribbean braces for devastating impacts of storm, CARE prepares to respond
As Hurricane Melissa continues to intensify into an extremely powerful and deadly storm, CARE teams and local partners are closely monitoring and preparing to respond as needed once impacts are known and it is safe to do so.
Read MoreSomalia faces escalating hunger crisis as drought and funding shortfalls threaten millions
Somalia faces further suffering as a worsening drought and fighting force thousands from their homes. The latest IPC analysis shows hunger tightening its grip across the country, with more than 3.4 million people already in crisis levels of food insecurity, and 1.85 million children suffering acute malnutrition.
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