Where the GlobalGiving Community is Responding

High winds and drought conditions are causing wildfires to spread rapidly through Australia, prompting mass evacuations, destroying homes, and killing millions of animals.

This disaster relief fund will support people impacted by Hurricane Delta in the form of emergency aid like food, water, medicine, and shelter.

This disaster relief fund will support people impacted by Hurricane Laura in the form of emergency aid like food, water, medicine, and shelter.

This fund will provide relief to people impacted by Hurricane Dorian’s storm system in the form of emergency supplies like food, water, and medicine, in addition to longer-term recovery assistance to help residents recover and rebuild.

More than a million people have been affected by severe flooding in Northern India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.

Extreme Tropical Cyclone Fani is one of the most powerful storms to hit India in the last five years, causing extensive damage.

Intense Tropical Cyclone Idai is one of the most powerful storms to hit Africa, killing more than 400 people and displacing an untold number from their homes.

Hurricane Barry is causing catastrophic flooding in Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast.

Hurricane Florence had damaging winds and torrential rains which caused widespread flooding.

The 2018 California wildfire season was the deadliest and most destructive on record.

Hurricane Michael is forecast to have damaging winds, torrential rains, and storm surge which may cause widespread damage.

A tsunami struck without warning on Indonesia’s two most-populous islands, killing and injuring hundreds, and destroying numerous homes and buildings.

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake created a 15-foot tsunami, killing more than 400 people and displacing an untold number from their homes.

Super Typhoon Mangkhut (known locally as Ompong) made landfall with winds as high as 170 miles an hour.

A 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia caused extensive damage on Sunday, August 5, 2018, killing more than 98 people and displacing more than 20,000 from their homes.

The Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupted on Sunday, June 3, 2018, killing more than 60 people and displacing thousands from their homes.

Hurricane Harvey has caused widespread, catastrophic flooding and damage in Texas and along the Gulf Coast.

Hurricane Maria caused devastating destruction and flooding in the Caribbean, destroying homes in Puerto Rico, Dominica, and the Virgin Islands just two weeks after Hurricane Irma.

Hurricane Irma is one of the strongest storms ever measured in the Atlantic and has caused catastrophic damage.

On Sept. 19, 2017, Mexico City and surroundings including Morelos and Puebla suffered devastation from a 7.1M earthquake. This followed an 8.1M quake in Oaxaca and Chiapas on Sept. 7.

Civil war, drought, and instability have led to a famine in South Sudan and drought has led to food crises across the region.

More than 40 million people have been affected by severe flooding in Northern India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. Recent floods near Mumbai have displaced thousands of people.

On August 14, 2017 torrential flooding and mudslides swept through Sierra Leone near the capital, Freetown.

Wildfires have spread rapidly through parts of southern California, destroying homes and prompting evacuations.

Tropical Storm Vinta (internationally named Tembin) caused devastating flash floods and landslides in the Philippines.

In September 2016, Hurricane Matthew caused severe damage in parts of Haiti, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Cuba, and the southeast United States killing over 1,000 people.

In August 2016, a 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit central Italy, claiming 296 lives and severely damaging a number of towns across the region.

In April 2016, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador, resulting in at least 673 deaths, 27,732 people injured, and more than 26,000 survivors being relocated to emergency shelters.

In April 2016, a series of powerful earthquakes shook the southern Japanese city of Kumamoto, resulting in at least 49 deaths, 3,000 injuries, and 44,000 people being evacuated from their homes.

In November and December 2015, torrential rain resulted in widespread flooding with Chennai being hit particularly hard. Hundreds died, 1.8M were displaced, and damages were estimated at more than $3 billion.

In October 2015, a powerful 7.5M earthquake killed more than 300 people and caused widespread damage to towns, villages, and remote regions in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

In April 2015, a 7.8M earthquake caused widespread destruction in Nepal. Thousands of people were killed and tens of thousands of people were displaced.

Cyclone Pam, one of the most powerful storms ever to make landfall, has caused significant damage in Vanuatu, an island nation of over 200,000 in the South Pacific.

In the summer of 2014, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria experienced the most lethal Ebola outbreak in human history. Local health workers struggled to contain the epidemic.

As Islamic State forces take over broad swaths of territory in Iraq and Syria, ethnic minorities and women are particularly vulnerable to persecution. Thousands have fled their homes in search of safety.

On May 13th, 2014 a catastrophic explosion wrecked an industrial coal mine in Soma, Turkey, killing 301 miners and leaving more than 80 miners with injuries.

On May 2nd, 2014 two mudslides buried 300 Afghan homes and damaged more than 1,000 others killing at least 350 people. The villages affected need substantial assistance in the reconstruction process.

In May 2014, the Balkans were hit with the worst floods the area had seen in 120 years causing the deaths of 35 people and the forced evacuations of over 30,000 Serbians and Bosnians.

On April 18th, 2014 the worst avalanche Mount Everest has seen in decades killed 16 Nepali sherpas who were assisting climbers. The families needed assistance recovering emotionally and economically.

On April 16th, 2014 a South Korean ferry carrying 476 people, many of whom were students, capsized in the East China Sea; only 172 people survived.

In 2013, an estimated 2.6M were in need of humanitarian assistance in the Central African Republic due to an ever worsening armed conflict between Muslim and Christian militias.

In November 2013, one of the strongest tropical cyclones in recorded history slammed into the Philippines. Doing more than $3M in damage, Haiyan claimed the lives of at least 6,340 people.

A tornado outbreak across the southeastern U.S. in May of 2013 killed 24 people, devastated families, and leaving Oklahoman children suffering from physical and emotional trauma.

In the height of the 2012 hurricane season, Superstorm Sandy raged up the Caribbean and eastern coast of the United States. The storm caused at least $68 billion in damage and claimed the lives of 150 people.

In 2011 and 2012, the East African region experienced the worst drought in 60 years. The poor farming conditions along with sporadic violence and civil war caused the deaths of at least 10,000 people per day.

In 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Japan, causing a tsunami and meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant. Radiation still impacts residents daily.

In the summer of 2010, a heavy monsoon caused devastating flooding which covered approximately one-fifth of Pakistan’s total land area in water. The monsoon killed about 1,700 people and displaced thousands more.

Early in 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter just outside Port-au-Prince, Haiti affected at least 3M people.