Oct 24, 2026: Deadly Earthquake in Tibet, El Niño Threatens Water Supplies and Taiz Cut Off From Aid

A magnitude 7 earthquake in a remote, high-altitude part of Tibet kills 16 people and injures 76, as Typhoon Champi heads toward Japan's Kyushu island. Oxfam warns that funding for what could be the strongest El Niño on record falls far short, with water points drying up across the Sahel and Central American farmers losing their maize harvests. In Yemen, the besieged city of Taiz has been cut off from aid for about three weeks, leaving more than 800,000 people without assistance. Schools in Ethiopia's Tigray region prepare to reopen after renewed fighting. Ebola survivors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo now number about 2,600, and Kenyan contacts begin leaving quarantine. And France reports the first known human case of Shamonda virus. Sources: BBC News - Tibet earthquake: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ck5ynd1z6e83o ABC News (AP/Reuters) - Rescuers search for survivors in Tibet: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-24/rescuers-search-for-survivors-after-earthquake-in-tibet/107304378 Japan Times - Typhoon Champi heads north: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/24/japan/typhoon-champi-saturday/ Oxfam via ReliefWeb - El Niño funding critically insufficient: https://reliefweb.int/report/world/humanitarian-funding-el-nino-critically-insufficient UN News - Aid blocked from Yemen's Taiz City: https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168654 Al Jazeera - Time running out to reach Taiz: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/23/time-running-out-to-reach-yemens-taiz-amid-deepening-crisis-un-says Fana Media - Tigray schools to resume classes: https://www.fanamc.com/english/mekelle-to-resume-schooling-on-october-26-as-tigray-region-steps-up-efforts-to-restore-disrupted-education/ Al Jazeera - Tigray resumes daily life: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/22/tigray-resumes-daily-life-amid-fears-of-wider-war UN News - Ebola in DR Congo and Kenya: https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168655 ECDC - First human Shamonda virus infection: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/severely-ill-patient-france-becomes-first-ever-human-infected-shamonda-virus BBC News - Shamonda virus in France: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6reyx1d9ge9o Visit https://humanitarianexplorer.org Humanitarian Explorer is an initiative of The Raines Foundation: https://rainesfoundation.org