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Mali ECHO 2014 activities Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) – DG ECHO Daily Map | 14/05/2020 Horn of Africa | Floods, food insecurity and desert locust infestation © European Union, 2020. Map produced by the JRC. The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union. Red Sea ETHIOPIA ERITREA SUDAN SOUTH SUDAN UGANDA KENYA SOMALIA TANZANIA DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO RWANDA BURUNDI CENTRAL AFRICA REPUBLIC CHAD LYBIA EGYPT YEMEN OMAN SAUDI ARABIA Gulf of Aden INDIAN OCEAN DJIBOUTI Red Sea Gulf of Aden INDIAN OCEAN Lake Victoria Lake Victoria UGANDA Source: DG ECHO, UN OCHA Since the beginning of the "long rains" season (March 2020), the Horn of Africa region is faced with heavy rainfall and widespread flooding which has directly affected 1.26 million people. Countries in the region are already affected by an unprecedented threat to food security, with over 12.5 million people currently in crisis and emergency levels, further aggravated by the worst Desert Locust upsurge in over a generation. The current seasonal rains are conducive for the reproduction of the Desert locust and new swarms are affecting the crop season and pasture availability across the whole region. The combination of food insecurity, Desert locust, and floods will increase the vulnerability and exacerbate the number of people in need. TANZANIA SOUTH SUDAN SUDAN ERITREA YEMEN ETHIOPIA SUDAN SOUTH SUDAN UGANDA KENYA SOMALIA TANZANIA YEMEN DJIBOUTI Red Sea Gulf of Aden INDIAN OCEAN Lake Victoria Cropland Rangeland Source: JRC-ASAP *Ethiopia: February-June 2020, Somalia: April-May 2020, Kenya: March-May 2020, Djibouti: 2018-2022. **Population in IPC Phase ≥ 3 (crisis and emergency level of food insecurity) Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya: figures do not take into account the COVID-19 impact, Djibouti: no data. *Tropical Applications of Meteorology using SATellite data and ground-based observations. Rainfall anomalies (mm) 21-30 April +100 to +163 +50 to +100 +5 to +50 -5 to +5 Source: TAMSAT *, JRC -27 to -5 Country border Disputed area Disputed country border Swarm of Desert Locust adults Bands of Desert Locust hoppers (wingless) Source: FAO Locust Hub Greater Horn of Africa Observed Desert Locusts 1 February – 5 May FLOODS Flood-affected areas Source: UN OCHA , UN OCHA Somalia Flood-affected people Observed Desert Locust areas (1 February – 5 May) Source: FAO Locust Hub , JRC DESERT LOCUST OUTBREAK Chronic Food Insecurity situation* Severe Moderate Not analyzed Source: IPC (Djibouti) Acute Food Insecurity situation* Crisis (Phase 3) Stressed (Phase 2) Minimal (Phase 1) Source: IPC , FEWSNET , DG ECHO Not analyzed FOOD INSECURITY Food Insecurity affected people** (Source: FEWSNET , FSNAU ) 110,000 219,000 8.5 Million 701,000 2.7 million Tana Lake Lake Turkana 233,000 1.3 million
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Mali ECHO 2014 activitiesEmergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) – DG ECHO Daily Map | 14/05/2020
Horn of Africa | Floods, food insecurity and desert locust infestation
© European Union, 2020. Map produced bythe JRC. The boundaries and the names shownon this map do not imply official endorsementor acceptance by the European Union.
RedSea
ETHIOPIA
ERITREASUDAN
SOUTHSUDAN
UGANDA
KENYA
SOMALIA
TANZANIA
DEMOCRATICREPUBLIC
OF THE CONGO
RWANDA
BURUNDI
CENTRALAFRICA
REPUBLIC
CHAD
LYBIA
EGYPT
YEMEN
OMANSAUDI ARABIA
Gulf of Aden
INDIAN
OCEANDJIBOUTI
RedSea
Gulf ofAden
INDIANOCEAN
Lake
Victoria
LakeVictoria
UGANDA
Source: DG ECHO, UN OCHA
Since the beginning of the "long rains" season (March2020), the Horn of Africa region is faced with heavy rainfalland widespread flooding which has directly affected 1.26million people.
Countries in the region are already affected by anunprecedented threat to food security, with over 12.5million people currently in crisis and emergency levels,further aggravated by the worst Desert Locust upsurge inover a generation. The current seasonal rains are conducivefor the reproduction of the Desert locust and new swarmsare affecting the crop season and pasture availability acrossthe whole region.
The combination of food insecurity, Desert locust, and floodswill increase the vulnerability and exacerbate the number ofpeople in need.
TANZANIA
SOUTHSUDAN
SUDAN
ERITREA
YEMEN
ETHIOPIA
SUDAN
SOUTHSUDAN
UGANDAKENYA
SOMALIA
TANZANIA
YEMEN
DJIBOUTI
RedSea
Gulf ofAden
INDIANOCEAN
Lake
Victoria
Cropland
Rangeland
Source: JRC-ASAP
*Ethiopia: February-June 2020, Somalia: April-May 2020,Kenya: March-May 2020, Djibouti: 2018-2022.**Population in IPC Phase ≥ 3 (crisis and emergency level offood insecurity) Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya: figures donot take into account the COVID-19 impact, Djibouti: no data.
*Tropical Applications of Meteorology using
SATellite data and ground-based observations.
Rainfallanomalies (mm)21-30 April
+100 to +163
+50 to +100
+5 to +50
-5 to +5
Source: TAMSAT*, JRC
-27 to -5
Country border
Disputed area
Disputed country border
Swarm of Desert Locust adults
Bands of Desert Locust hoppers (wingless)
Source: FAO Locust Hub
Greater Horn of Africa
ObservedDesert Locusts1 February – 5 May
FLOODS
Flood-affectedareas
Source: UN OCHA, UN OCHA Somalia
Flood-affectedpeople
Observed Desert Locustareas (1 February – 5 May)
Source: FAO Locust Hub, JRC
DESERT LOCUST OUTBREAK
Chronic Food Insecurity situation*
Severe
Moderate
Not analyzed
Source: IPC (Djibouti)
Acute Food Insecurity situation*
Crisis (Phase 3)
Stressed (Phase 2)
Minimal (Phase 1)
Source: IPC, FEWSNET, DG ECHO
Not analyzed
FOOD INSECURITY
Food Insecurity affected people** (Source: FEWSNET, FSNAU)
110,000
219,0008.5
Million
701,0002.7
million
TanaLake
LakeTurkana
233,0001.3
million
