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Hurricane Stan

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The Guatemalan government's disaster response site (in Spanish) provides the latest official reports on the reconstruction process, along with detailed maps of the worst-hit districts.

The United Nations' Financial Tracking Service details aid spending and requests for Guatemala.

AlertNet has a list of aid agency contacts working in Guatemala since Hurricane Stan

The Drought and Food Insecurity page of the Humanitarian Early Warning Service website gives a round-up - with maps - of countries with food problems as a result of natural disasters.

The U.S. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration answers the question What is La Nina?

ReliefWeb carries reports from all the main U.N. agencies.

Using our humanitarian database, you can compare Guatemala with other countries in the region, or the rest of the world.
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A woman wears a medical mask with the word "El Salvador" printed on it as she sells similar masks outside the Cuscatlan stadium in San Salvador June 3, 2009. El Salvador ...


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