First seen25 Sept, 16:23
Honduras: Latin America & The Caribbean Weekly Situation Update as of 25 September 2026
Countries: Honduras, Colombia, Haiti, Mexico Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Please refer to the attached Infographic. KEY FIGURES 538K people in Honduras targeted for drought assistance through $60M Flash Appeal 1.5M internally displaced people across Haiti as of 25 September 2026 14K people affected or at risk across Colombia’s Pacific region due to armed attacks MEXICO: HURRICANE On 22 September, Hurricane Polo surged from a tropical storm to Category 5 in about 24 hours, becoming the second-most intense eastern Pacific hurricane on record. Polo briefly weakened before regaining Category 5 strength by 25 September as it headed towards Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, fuelled by exceptionally warm Pacific waters in an El Niño-intensified season. Though it should stay off the mainland coast, heavy swells and rain have cracked seafront buildings and wrecked hotel pools in Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán. Forecasters expect waves of 6-8 m along the Pacific coast, with Polo weakening by 26 September. The Government has deployed 19,800 security and emergency personnel across Pacific coast states, ordered evacuations, opened shelters, closed ports and urged extreme caution in flood- and landslide-prone areas. HONDURAS: DROUGHT On 22 September, the UN and partners launched a US$60 million Flash Appeal to support the Government-led drought response, with food, nutrition, health, water, sanitation and protection assistance for 538,000 of the 708,000 people in need across 103 municipalities on red alert, home to 2.7 million people. More than 75 per cent of Honduras has faced extreme rainfall deficits in one of the worst droughts in decades. The forecast for the second planting season (postrera) is the driest since 1991, and 62 per cent of households surveyed in August plan to plant less. The appeal follows anticipatory action drought response that CERF, the UN’s Global Emergency Fund, has funded since March and support from the Honduras Humanitarian Fund. The Flash Appeal is available on ReliefWeb . HAITI: DISPLACEMENT According to a 21 September update, 4,238 people remain displaced in Kenscoff commune, near the capital of Port-au-Prince, after armed groups killed at least 47 people and abducted 50 in attacks on 23 and 24 August. Most are staying with host families and the rest in six displacement sites. Similar attacks in July displaced nearly 6,000 people. IOM data from 25 September show displacement across Haiti has reached nearly 1.5 million people, with almost 80 per cent outside the capital as violence spreads. In Kenscoff, humanitarian partners have reached 867 people with water and hygiene assistance, distributed 720 household-item kits and provided 402 medical consultations. The Haitian Red Cross detected a suspected cholera case, and partners report gaps in water, protection, food and psychosocial support. COLOMBIA: VIOLENCE Clashes and attacks by non-state armed groups (NSAGs) have affected or put at risk more than 14,000 people across Colombia’s Pacific region. In Nariño department’s Cordillera subregion, clashes between two NSAGs confined 90 students in a school in Linares municipality, and a group forced at least 150 civilians in Policarpa municipality to act as human shields against military operations. The violence there has affected at least 240 people and put 800 more at risk. In Nariño’s Sanquianga subregion, two weeks of fighting and explosive attacks on security forces have heightened risks for at least 1,200 Afro-Colombian people. In Mercaderes municipality, Cauca department, the Ombudsman’s Office issued an early warning that escalating tensions between NSAGs put 12,000 people at risk of displacement, confinement and mobility restrictions.
ReliefWeb•UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
