Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful storm of 2025 so far, made landfall in Jamaica late on Tuesday 28 October. With estimated wind speeds of up to 185 miles per hour, Hurricane Melissa has had a ...

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On 6 February 2023, a series of earthquakes killed over 55,000 people in Türkiye (Turkey) and Syria, in the worst earthquakes the region has seen in 20 years. Emotional scars run deep – many people ...

It's a critical time for the British Red Cross and the work we do. Today over 100 million people are displaced across the world, including 10 million from Ukraine making the work that we do even more ...

Learn adult first aid for someone suffering a severe allergic reaction, including signs and symptoms and what to do in an emergency. Anaphylaxis (also called anaphylactic shock) is a severe allergic ...

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1. What is a flood and what causes them? Floods are the most common and widespread of all weather-related natural disasters to occur in the UK and overseas. Flooding happens when water overflows onto ...

Sudanese refugees and Red Crescent volunteers who have been affected by the ongoing conflict share their stories. 15 April 2026 marks three years of devastating conflict in Sudan. More than 33 million ...

Since March 2026, hostilities between Israel and Lebanon have escalated. More than 1.2 million people are now registered with the Lebanese government as displaced, according to the UN Refugee Agency.

A donation to our Disaster Fund will help us respond to disasters in the UK and around the world, including armed conflict, wildfires, flooding and other natural disasters ...

A new report shows that the British Red Cross’ Disaster Fund reached more than 500,000 people in crisis in the UK and around the world in 2025. 2025 placed huge demands on the humanitarian sector, ...

British Red Cross crisis response teams remain on standby and ready to support communities, as severe weather warnings for wind and rain have been issued ahead of the expected arrival of Storm Chandra ...