Emergencies

This 9-step guide provides tips on how to keep children safe during a hurricane, storm, cyclone or typhoon.

"Since the start of the rains in June, flooding has added another layer of difficulty to delivering humanitarian aid to people in dire need"

Heavy rains in Borno state, Northeast Nigeria have led to the worst flooding in 30 years, affecting at least 239,000 people

Save the Children press release on floods in Vietnam that have killed at least 27 children

Hundreds of thousands of children now displaced from their homes are facing disease, hunger from crop destruction, and disruption to their education

Thousands of children in eastern Sudan are at risk of cholera following a major outbreak caused by widespread flooding.

More than 150 children killed by floods and heavy rains in #Pakistan since July - over half of all deaths with thousands displaced.

Staff account by a humanitarian worker in Haiti who has been directly affected by the rising violence

As many children across the world head back to school, millions of children are being robbed of their education by conflicts and emergencies.

As children in Vietnam prepare to head back to school, many face safety risks due to damaged infrastructure after floods. Save the Children.

Save the Children staff account from a physician who has dedicated his medical skills to helping children in Gaza.

Massive landslides in India’s southwestern Kerala state have killed more than 385 people. More than 1,580 children displaced. Save the Children.

Extreme weather events forced at least 38,000 people from their homes in Afghanistan in the first six month of this year

Harrowing testimony by a paediatric nurse on her deployment to Gaza to support our medical and humanitarian efforts.

Save the Children press release on hunger and severe acute malnutrition in Sudan

Hundreds of children living in the remote Gofa zone of Southern Ethiopia remain at risk of death and injury from rain-induced disasters

Classes across the Philippines were suspended following a powerful typhoon that swept across the country.

Floods from heavy rains have killed about 40 people in eastern Afghanistan and about 1,500 children have lost their homes Save the Children said.

South Sudan on the brink of famine as it braces for worst floods in 60 years

Hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza and Sudan are at risk of famine. But what does that mean exactly?

The violence has also led to the widespread destruction of property and displacement

Conflict in Sudan is driving hunger to record levels

Devastating new figures reveal Gaza’s child hunger catastrophe

About 35 million children are living in areas exposed to Atlantic hurricanes during what could be the most active hurricane season in recorded history

India’s heatwave shows no sign of abating as the country’s meteorological department warned of extreme heat.

A staff account from a health manager working in Sudan. In this blog he speaks about how the conflict is impacting people in North Darfur.

A volcanic eruption in the Philippines has forced at least 684 schools to close.

As Thai children head back to school following a long summer break, a lack of funding has hindered many displaced children from Myanmar.

While monsoon rains are normal in Sri Lanka, impacts such as flooding are now more frequent and severe due to climate change

Devastating floods and landslides have affected about 600,000 children across Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia so far this year.

Children's health is being tested to the extreme as India grapples with one of its worst heatwaves on record.

Aid agencies including Save the Children, who work on education in Sudan, warn that the country is on the brink of the worst education crisis in the world

More than half of Pakistan’s school age children – about 26 million - will be locked out of classrooms for a week due to an ongoing heat wave.

Explainer about the situation in Afghanistan since the flash floods that have left over 40,000 children homeless.

Afghanistan floods: ‘There is no life left for us here. You want to put your head in your hands and shout and cry.’

Flash floods in Baghlan in Northern Afghanistan have killed at least 200 people - including children.

A year of conflict has left Sudan’s immunisation safety net frayed. Gavi and Save the Children are helping vaccinators patch it back up.

A protracted drought across large swathes of the Philippines is impacting over 900,000 families

Testimony by Sacha Myers on her visit to the Gaza Strip where she saw the real horrors of this war and its impact on children.

Raging floods in Kenya have killed more than 250 people and displaced over 250,000 people since mid March

On 6 May, Israeli forces ordered thousands of people to flee parts of Rafah. Over a million - 600,000 children - are at risk of forced displacement.

Children are being driven to desperate measures to be able to feed themselves as Haiti grapples with record high hunger levels

The orders follow a night of intense bombardment in Rafah, killing at least 22 people including eight children

Shells hit a displacement camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Bangladesh has ordered the closure of all primary and secondary schools for another week following country-wide closures brought about by a heatwave.

Nearly 400,000 children to receive medicines from humanitarian aid flight after rise in preventable illnesses

It will take another 60 years to meet a global target to eliminate of all forms of corporal punishment unless the current rate of progress is sped up.

Words by Soraya Ali, an award-winning humanitarian and journalist on her visit to Gaza where she captures the war's impact on children.

Nearly 600 children a day on average have fled their homes in Port-au-Prince since early March as the capital faces renewed attacks.

About 73,900 households in Vietnam’s Mekong River Delta have limited access to fresh water following a weeks-long heatwave. Save the Children.