- Cyclone Ditwah 2025 - World Health Organization (WHO)
Cyclonic Storm Ditwah made landfall on Sri Lanka’s eastern coast on 28 November 2025, leaving a major humanitarian crisis in its wake More than 1 4 million people have been affected across all 25 districts As of 2 December, authorities have confirmed 410 deaths, with 336 people still reported missing Nearly 233 000 people have been displaced as homes and key infrastructure suffered
- Tropical Cyclones - World Health Organization (WHO)
The health impacts of tropical cyclones depend on the number of people living in low-lying coastal areas in the storm’s direct path, the built environment including building design, and whether there is sufficient time for warning and evacuation Tropical cyclones, may directly and indirectly affect health in many ways, for example by: increasing cases of drowning and other physical trauma
- Start of the cyclone season in the South Pacific: Tips on how to prepare
The combined impact of increased cyclone intensity, rising sea levels and increased heavy rainfalls can be devastating for PICs, in which most of the population live in coastal areas vulnerable to sea level rise, storm surges and flooding
- Cyclone Winston 2016 - World Health Organization (WHO)
The most powerful cyclone ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere ravaged Fiji on 20–21 February 2016, leaving 44 dead, nearly 130 injured and 45 hospitalized The cyclone had a significant impact on the health system, damaging health facilities, disrupting health care services, resulting in lost medical supplies, and interrupting telecommunications, road and sea transportation, and water
- Tropical cyclone Gita - World Health Organization (WHO)
Tropical cyclone Gita In early February 2018, Tropical Cyclone Gita, a Category 4 storm with winds of more than 275 kilometres per hour, ravaged the Pacific As the country most affected by the cyclone, Tonga was the focus of WHO's support From 12 to 13 February, the storm ravaged the main island of Tongatapu and nearby 'Eua
- WHO provides emergency funds to scale up health response in cyclone-hit . . .
As Sri Lanka faces rapidly worsening conditions triggered by a cyclonic storm, the World Health Organization today provided US$ 175 000 as emergency funds to support essential health services, while continuing to work with national authorities and humanitarian partners to reach life-saving interventions to the millions of affected people across the country
- Providing essential NCD medicines during cyclone Mocha health emergency . . .
Health facilities in cyclone affected areas including those from displaced camps, particularly those in capital of Rakhine state, were damaged, disrupting both the health service delivery and medicine supply chain Health services in Rakhine state were able to resume only 3 days after the cyclone Support oral diabetes medication to the patient
- WHO and partners respond to recent tropical storms, typhoons and . . .
In early September 2024, Typhoon Yagi impacted several countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region, leaving a trail of destruction with its intense rainfall and powerful winds, subsequent flooding and landslides In the Philippines, the powerful typhoon was even followed by other typhoons, placing considerable pressure on local communities and the Government’s
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