Mali ECHO 2014 activitiesEmergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) – DG ECHO Daily Map | 14/05/2020
Horn of Africa | Floods, food insecurity and desert locust infestation
© European Union, 2020. Map produced bythe JRC. The boundaries and the names shownon this map do not imply official endorsementor acceptance by the European Union.
RedSea
ETHIOPIA
ERITREASUDAN
SOUTHSUDAN
UGANDA
KENYA
SOMALIA
TANZANIA
DEMOCRATICREPUBLIC
OF THE CONGO
RWANDA
BURUNDI
CENTRALAFRICA
REPUBLIC
CHAD
LYBIA
EGYPT
YEMEN
OMANSAUDI ARABIA
Gulf of Aden
INDIAN
OCEANDJIBOUTI
RedSea
Gulf ofAden
INDIANOCEAN
Lake
Victoria
LakeVictoria
UGANDA
Source: DG ECHO, UN OCHA
Since the beginning of the "long rains" season (March2020), the Horn of Africa region is faced with heavy rainfalland widespread flooding which has directly affected 1.26million people.
Countries in the region are already affected by anunprecedented threat to food security, with over 12.5million people currently in crisis and emergency levels,further aggravated by the worst Desert Locust upsurge inover a generation. The current seasonal rains are conducivefor the reproduction of the Desert locust and new swarmsare affecting the crop season and pasture availability acrossthe whole region.
The combination of food insecurity, Desert locust, and floodswill increase the vulnerability and exacerbate the number ofpeople in need.
TANZANIA
SOUTHSUDAN
SUDAN
ERITREA
YEMEN
ETHIOPIA
SUDAN
SOUTHSUDAN
UGANDAKENYA
SOMALIA
TANZANIA
YEMEN
DJIBOUTI
RedSea
Gulf ofAden
INDIANOCEAN
Lake
Victoria
Cropland
Rangeland
Source: JRC-ASAP
*Ethiopia: February-June 2020, Somalia: April-May 2020,Kenya: March-May 2020, Djibouti: 2018-2022.**Population in IPC Phase ≥ 3 (crisis and emergency level offood insecurity) Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya: figures donot take into account the COVID-19 impact, Djibouti: no data.
*Tropical Applications of Meteorology using
SATellite data and ground-based observations.
Rainfallanomalies (mm)21-30 April
+100 to +163
+50 to +100
+5 to +50
-5 to +5
Source: TAMSAT*, JRC
-27 to -5
Country border
Disputed area
Disputed country border
Swarm of Desert Locust adults
Bands of Desert Locust hoppers (wingless)
Source: FAO Locust Hub
Greater Horn of Africa
ObservedDesert Locusts1 February – 5 May
FLOODS
Flood-affectedareas
Source: UN OCHA, UN OCHA Somalia
Flood-affectedpeople
Observed Desert Locustareas (1 February – 5 May)
Source: FAO Locust Hub, JRC
DESERT LOCUST OUTBREAK
Chronic Food Insecurity situation*
Severe
Moderate
Not analyzed
Source: IPC (Djibouti)
Acute Food Insecurity situation*
Crisis (Phase 3)
Stressed (Phase 2)
Minimal (Phase 1)
Source: IPC, FEWSNET, DG ECHO
Not analyzed
FOOD INSECURITY
Food Insecurity affected people** (Source: FEWSNET, FSNAU)
110,000
219,0008.5
Million
701,0002.7
million
TanaLake
LakeTurkana
233,0001.3
million
