UN agency says extreme heat, hurricanes, droughts ravage Latin America and Caribbean

May 10, 2024, at 02:13 pm

2023 saw another climate record tumble, with Latin America and the Caribbean registering their hottest ever recorded temperatures, according to the UN’s weather monitoring agency.

Mega-drought, glacier melt, and deforestation plague Latin America and the Caribbean

Jul 23, 2022, at 10:25 pm

New York: From the Amazon to the Andes and the snowy depths of Patagonia, extreme weather and climate change are causing mega-drought, extreme rainfall, deforestation and glacier melt across the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, according to a UN report published on Friday.

Latin America and Caribbean sees COVID-19 progress, but must remain vigilant

Oct 29, 2021, at 10:07 pm

New York: More than half the population of Latin America and the Caribbean has not been vaccinated against COVID-19, a senior official with the regional arm of UN health agency WHO said on Wednesday.

Storms, coronavirus pose ‘double threat’ for children in Central America and Caribbean – UNICEF

Aug 04, 2020, at 10:49 pm

New York: Across Central America and the Caribbean, the more than 70 million children impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic could soon face another threat – catastrophic hurricane storms, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Monday.

Central and South America now ‘intense zones’ for COVID-19 transmission

Jun 02, 2020, at 09:47 am

New York: Greater solidarity must be shown to Central and South American countries which have become “the intense zones” for COVID-19 transmission, a top official with the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.