Emergencies alert system

Emergencies can happen at any moment and in any place but most of them do actually develop over a period of time and often follow cycles. ActionAid’s emergency alert system tracks the signs that precede an emergency such as a food crisis or a flood from the very early stages. We use that information to prepare our responses so that when the emergency strikes we can assist the people most affected quickly and effectively.

The alert system is central to our way of working in emergencies. With the Rapid Response Fund, from which money can be applied for and disbursed immediately after an emergency, and a pool of experienced ActionAid staff ready to support our teams on the ground, we are maximising our capacity and experience from past emergencies to improve our effectiveness for future responses.

ActionAid emergencies alert map
The map shows which countries are threatened by an emergency situation. The coloured pointers indicate at what stage the threat is thought to be; purple is an early warning through to red signalling a major humanitarian crisis.

How to use the map: You can navigate around the world with your mouse - click on the coloured pointers to see each country's alert level and update.

Alert system key:

Heavy weather forecasted with increased risk of an emergency within a few months

High level emergency risk. Communities in some parts of the country are feeling the first signs of a crisis eg. Rainy season begins with small scale flooding.

Emergency eg. Flooding causing large scale loss of livelihoods, displacement and fatalities.

Major humanitarian crisis eg. Tsunami