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Learn more about UNICEF’s work under the topic "Hurricane".

At least 1.6 million children at risk as Hurricane Melissa moves through the Caribbean

UNICEF and partners have pre-positioned life-saving supplies and stand ready to provide support to the families in affected areas across the region

Over the past decade, approximately 11 million people, including nearly 4 million children, were directly affected each year by natural and human-made hazards in Latin America and the Caribbean, where small island states face heightened vulnerability to increasingly extreme climate events.

Hurricane Elsa: UNICEF is ready to provide lifesaving assistance in the Caribbean

While Hurricane Elsa is currently battering the Caribbean, UNICEF has prepositioned humanitarian supplies for vulnerable families in all countries likely to be affected.

UNICEF Haiti supply officer Jeremie Thomas fork-lifts a solar fridge in the warehouse in Port-au-Prince.

Hurricane Dorian: Bahamas Government and UNICEF to bring 10,000 displaced children back to school

With the support of UNICEF, the Government of the Bahamas today begins registering approximately 10,000 students displaced by Hurricane Dorian to enroll them back as soon as possible in safe schools that have not been affected by the natural disaster.

Humanitarian plane with UNICEF supplies lands in Hurricane-hit Bahamas

Today UNICEF announced the arrival to Nassau of a plane carrying nearly 1.5 tons of lifesaving supplies that will help provide access to safe water for over 9,500 children and families left reeling by the storm.

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At least 1.6 million children at risk as Hurricane Melissa moves through the Caribbean

Hurricane Elsa: UNICEF is ready to provide lifesaving assistance in the Caribbean

Hurricane Dorian: Bahamas Government and UNICEF to bring 10,000 displaced children back to school

Humanitarian plane with UNICEF supplies lands in Hurricane-hit Bahamas

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