The 2020 hurricanes, internal displacements, and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean countries: lessons learned for disaster risk reduction

• Type: Chapter or Part of a Book
• Date: 2023

Authors

Abeldaño Zuñiga, Roberto Ariel (Author) Other; Lima, Gabriela (Author) FLUP

Book

Title: The role of GIS in COVID-19 management and control

ISBN: 9781032129754

Electronic ISBN: 9781003227106

Publisher: Routledge

Other information

Abstract (EN): This chapter analyzes the impacts of the three main hurricanes in 2020 in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries in the context of the global health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, the tropical cyclones Eta, Laura, and Iota caused more than 2.7 million new internal displacements in 13 countries of the region. The temporal coincidence of these three hurricanes with the first pandemic wave meant increased exposure of internally displaced people (IDPs) to COVID-19 infections. As a result, in 2020, a singularly adverse scenario of great relevance emerged for the LAC region. Therefore, this chapter highlights the differential impacts of COVID-19 that IDPs faced in this region during much of the year 2020, and the lessons learned for disaster risk reduction, including displaced people.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 22