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Counting the Costs: Cyclone Amphan One Year On

May 18, 2021

On May 20, 2020, devastating Cyclone Amphan made landfall on Jammu island near West Bengal, Bangladesh, with wind speeds of approximately 140 km/hour. The cyclone affected 10 million people from 19 coastal districts in Bangladesh, of which nine were severely impacted. The Government undertook a massive evacuation of 2.4 million people in 12,078 cyclone shelters, and 26 people died.

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Central America on the Edge of a New Cyclone Season, Still Reeling from the Impacts of Eta and Iota

May 3, 2021

[Bogotá, Colombia, 3 May 2021] Guatemala and Honduras live day by day with the severe consequences that the passage of tropical storms Eta and Iota left behind. The two tropical storms have devastated the lives of more than seven million people, who now prepare to face a new hurricane season. Large numbers of affected communities continue to face water and sanitation problems, destroyed homes, lack of access to food, and unreconstructed land routes.

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Biggest floods in 50 years placing women and children at grave risk in Timor-Leste

April 6, 2021

Exceptional flash floods have hit Timor-Leste’s capital city, Dili, along with other major population centres including Viqueque. The floods have already reportedly claimed over 27 lives, with many areas remaining under water.

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2 years since Cyclone Idai and Mozambique has already faced an additional 3 cyclones

March 12, 2021

Maputo, Mozambique, 12 March, 2021 - Two years after Cyclone Idai left a trail of destruction across parts of Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi, Mozambique is once again battling with cyclone recovery and lack of funding. In Central Mozambique, over 104,000 people continue to live in resettlement sites and accommodation centres as a result of the 3 cyclones that have hit the same area of the country over the past 2 year – the most recent at the start of 2021.

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Tropical Storm Eta Wreaks Havoc across Central America Destroying Crops and Food Stocks for Millions

November 10, 2020

As tropical storm Eta makes its way up to the southern United States it leaves a wake of devastation across Central America and the Caribbean leaving nearly 2 million people displaced or with their crops, food stocks and livelihoods destroyed.

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CARE Worries About Typhoon Devastation and COVID in the Philippines

November 2, 2020

(Manila, Philippines -November 2, 2020) As typhoon Goni weakens it has left a devastating wake - killing 16 people, affecting over 2 million people, destroying infrastructure and houses, and damaging crops across 12 regions.

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Vietnam Devastated by Floods, Bracing for Saudel Approaching This Weekend

October 23, 2020

Nearly 1 million people are already struggling with the impact of severe flooding across central Vietnam over the past weeks, with a third tropical storm – Saudel – predicted to make landfall this Sunday, October 25.

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Governments Ignore Global Outcry for Climate Justice at COP25

December 16, 2019

MADRID (December 15, 2019) – At the conclusion of the 25th Climate Conference of the Parties (COP25), CARE expresses its deep concern over the large disconnect between the reality of the climate emergency and people’s demands for climate justice, and the bare minimum that governments pieced together at the negotiations.

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Tens of Thousands of People in North-East Syria at Risk as Winter Approaches

November 6, 2019

AMMAN (November 6, 2019) – As temperatures plummet across the Middle East, CARE warns that tens of thousands of people, including women and children, in north-east Syria are at risk of facing harsh weather conditions without needed protection.

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Fate of humanity weighing heavy on ministerial shoulders at UN Climate Change Conference

December 10, 2018

KATOWICE (December 10, 2018) — Ministers arriving in Katowice will need extreme courage and conviction to make life-saving decisions if humanity is to be saved from the worst impacts of climate change, CARE International and Oxfam said today.Despite it forming the key scientific input to this year’s UN Climate Change Conference, COP24, a handful of

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Counting the Costs: Cyclone Amphan One Year On

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Central America on the Edge of a New Cyclone Season, Still Reeling from the Impacts of Eta and Iota

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Biggest floods in 50 years placing women and children at grave risk in Timor-Leste

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2 years since Cyclone Idai and Mozambique has already faced an additional 3 cyclones

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Tropical Storm Eta Wreaks Havoc across Central America Destroying Crops and Food Stocks for Millions

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CARE Worries About Typhoon Devastation and COVID in the Philippines

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Vietnam Devastated by Floods, Bracing for Saudel Approaching This Weekend

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Governments Ignore Global Outcry for Climate Justice at COP25

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Tens of Thousands of People in North-East Syria at Risk as Winter Approaches

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