Daily Noon Briefing Highlights – 3 June 2021
Latin America and the Caribbean
The 2021 hurricane season in the Latin America and Caribbean region – which officially began on 1 June – is expected to be above average, with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration projecting 13-20 named storms in the Atlantic. Between 6 and 10 of those potential storms could become hurricanes, including 3-5 major hurricanes of category 3 strength or higher on the Saffir-Simpson scale.
Between 2016 and 2020, some 27.1 million people were affected by storm- and flood-induced disasters in Central America and the Caribbean, a more than sixfold increase compared with the previous five years (2011-2015).
OCHA’s Regional Office is working with Resident Coordinators’ offices in the Caribbean and Central America and the humanitarian community to prepare for the upcoming season. Specifically, technical work is being carried out in the fields of planning, information management, humanita