UN agencies are supporting the national response, helping some 140,000 people in shelters and community kitchens and distributing agricultural tools and livestock feed to restore livelihoods.
They are also providing equipment to bolster disease prevention and control efforts and delivering medical supplies to bolster reproductive health services, including maternal care.
In JamaicaAccess to isolated communities is improving, but remains precarious.
Only two communities remain inaccessible (down from 27 last week), although additional rain could limit access once again.
Accommodation remains a critical concern. Some 40,000 tarps meant to be delivered have not been transported because roads were blocked and damaged. The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has so far helped 9,000 people in the worst-affected areas of Westmoreland and St. Elizabeth, and plans to expand cash assistance to up to 90,000 households, as conditions permit.
In HaitiWhere Hurricane Melissa claimed more than 40 lives, humanitarian partners are expanding their operations amid extensive damage in several departments.
The UN and its partners have also distributed hygiene kits and restored electricity to refrigerate vaccines and provide psychosocial support in schools.
They are also delivering 15-day food rations to the most affected areas in the south. In Petit Goâve, food assistance is being provided to more than 40,000 people and more distributions are planned this week.
To overcome access challenges, the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) has expanded its operations with five new access points to reach isolated communities.
Philippines: Response intensifies after two consecutive typhoons
In the Philippines, WFP is stepping up emergency operations following Typhoon Kalmaegi and Super Typhoon Fung-Wong, which affected 8.3 million people and displaced more than 1.4 million on Luzon, the country’s largest and most populous island.
Before landfall, the agency delivered emergency cash transfers to more than 210,000 people to help families evacuate and prepare.
Since the storms, WFP has provided 187,000 family food parcels, enough to sustain almost a million people for several days.
Telecommunication units and generators have also been deployed to restore connectivity, while logistics teams are supporting relief efforts in 14 provinces.
UN News interviewed Arnaud Peral, UN Resident Coordinator in the country, on Tuesday, who highlighted the relative success of government-led preparedness and early warning systems, fully supported by UN agencies.