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- European Floods Portal
- European Severe Weather Database
- Europe Meteo Alarm
- Natural Hazards Center | University of Colorado at Boulder
- TRMM
- Agriculture Online Visualization and Analysis System (AOVAS)
- Dartmouth Flood Observatory
- PreventionWeb.net
- RSOE EDIS - Emergency and Disaster Information Service
- Pacific Disaster Center
- Global Risk Data Platform
- Columbia University: Center For Hazards & Risk Research
- GDACS
- Global Flood Map | World Wide Map of Potential Flooding
- Interactive Flood Maps
This update was published the 03 December 2013
Locust information have been extracted from FAO Locust Watch
Situation threatening along the Red Sea coast and in Mauritania
Related countries: Eritrea Mauritania Somalia Sudan Yemen
The Desert Locust situation worsened during November along both sides of the Red Sea and in northwest Mauritania. Locusts continue to gregarize and form hopper bands and groups of hoppers and adults in Mauritania, Yemen, and Sudan. A few swarms have formed in Sudan and Yemen. An outbreak developed in Eritrea during November as a result of good rains in August and October, followed by undetected breeding. Although control operations intensified in all countries, including aerial control operations in Eritrea, a second generation of breeding in December and January will cause locust infestations to increase further and more hopper bands and small swarms will form along both sides of the Red Sea and, to a lesser extent, in northwest Mauritania. Winter breeding may also occur in northwest Somalia where a tropical cyclone brought heavy rains and flooding in November. All efforts are required to reduce locust numbers and the potential threat to crops in the affected countries.