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Burundi - Floods update (Institut Geographique du Burundi, IOM, Reliefweb, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 April 2021) Format Widespread floods triggered by the rising level of Lake Tanganyika continue to affect the coastal area of western Burundi (including the Capital Bujumbura) since February, resulting in evacuations and damage. The worst affected are Rukaramu, Gatumba and Mutimbuzi Municipalities (Bujumbura Rural Province), located in the northern coastal area of the Lake. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports, as of 29 April, more than 6,200 evacuated families across...

Burundi Key Message Update: Delayed 2021 A Season harvest contributed to less severe April lean period, April 2021 Format KEY MESSAGES 2021 A Season crop production, estimated to be above average for maize, tubers, and bananas, improved rural household food access, and is supporting Minimal (IPC Phase 1) outcomes among households across most of the country. However, poor and very poor households in the Northern and Eastern Lowland livelihood zones are facing Stressed (IPC Phase 2) food security outcomes due to below-average 2021 A crop production affected by dry conditions in October and Nove...

Humanitarian situation reports, response plans, news, analyses, evaluations, assessments, maps, infographics and more on Burundi: Floods - Feb 2021

Climate-related shocks have been brutal for this poor East-Central African country, compounding existing crises.

WFP Burundi Country Brief, March 2021 Format 2,499 mt of food assistance distributed USD 820,334 cash transferred under food assistance to people affected by the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 and assets creation activities USD 8.5 m net funding requirements for the next six months (April-September 2021) 597,583 people assisted in March 2021 Operational Updates Assistance to refugees WFP provided in-kind food assistance to 50,344 refugees (22,151 males, 28,193 females, 13,593 children aged 0-59 months and 2,014 people aged over 60 years), distributing a toal of 638 mt of food, consisted of...