During a press conference Tuesday, The UN World Food Programme (WFP) raised concerns about the humanitarian situation worsening in Haiti with the coming hurricane season. The WFP said that political instability, violence and food shortages in the country may be escalated by a single storm.

WFP Regional Director in Latin America and the Caribbean Lola Castro, following a visit to Haiti, reported that the country faces “emergency levels of hunger.” She warned that it is one of five countries in the world with “catastrophic levels of hunger” and explained that the island’s political conflicts and gang violence have “disrupt[ed] food systems and supply chains,” causing half the population to face starvation.

Castro said the instability and violence have threatened women and girls in

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