{"id":9066,"date":"2026-05-20T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/ground_post\/weathering-the-storm-what-makes-anticipating-cyclones-a-success\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:00:00","slug":"weathering-the-storm-what-makes-anticipating-cyclones-a-success","status":"publish","type":"ground_post","link":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/ground_post\/weathering-the-storm-what-makes-anticipating-cyclones-a-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Weathering the storm: What makes anticipating cyclones a success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<article class=\"content-side-image wfp-wrapper ph3 ph0-lg clearfix mb4\">\n<figure class=\"content-side-image__image nvl-compensate-side-padding--until-md\">\n    <!-- Cover image --><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfp.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/large\/public\/publication_covers\/678e88d9855a366063d8bd4a066e55e6.jpg?itok=ZJv8svCs\" width=\"339\" height=\"480\" alt=\"https:\/\/docs.wfp.org\/api\/documents\/WFP-0000173687\/download\/\"><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<div class=\"content-side-image__content\">\n    <!-- Rich-text content --><\/p>\n<div class=\"summary mb4\">\n     As weather-related shocks become increasingly frequent and severe worldwide, the World Food Programme (WFP) has significantly expanded<br \/>\nits investment in Anticipatory Action (AA) to help countries proactively manage their impact.\n  <\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--body mb4\">\n<p>In tropical cyclone prone regions, storms are more likely to become major events, intensifying faster, producing more rainfall, with extreme windspeeds and coastal flooding prompting countries to invest in early warning systems and scale up AA to reduce impacts on communities, lives and livelihoods.\u00a0<br \/>2024\u20132026 have been years of intense cyclone activity, with some of the most powerful storms on record, including Super Typhoon Uwan and Hurricane Melissa. WFP and partner governments have been on the front lines: supporting over 700,000 people at risk to protect themselves with anticipatory cash and\/or in-kind food assistance, and over seven million people with early warning messages before the cyclones hit, across the varied contexts of Mozambique, Madagascar, Haiti, Cuba, Bangladesh and the Philippines.<br \/>This document reviews WFP\u2019s AA cyclone activations, reflecting on the uniqueness of the operations and the key factors that led to successes and challenges, to help guide the development and improvement of cyclone AA programmes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--field-publication-links\">\n<div>\n<section class=\"document-links-table\">\n<table class=\"wfp-wrapper wfp-table--data mb4\" data-visible-rows=\"5\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Document<\/th>\n<th class=\"document-links-table__actions-head\">File<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Weathering the storm: what makes anticipating cyclones a success<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"document-links-table__actions-cell\">\n                              <span class=\"file-type file-type--document\">PDF | 2.18 MB<\/span><br \/>\n                <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.wfp.org\/api\/documents\/WFP-0000173687\/download\/\" class=\"document-links-table__link button-new button-new--primary\">Download<\/a>\n                          <\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<footer class=\"document-links-table__footer\">\n      <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" class=\"document-links-table__view-all button-new\">View all<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/footer>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfp.org\/publications\/weathering-storm-what-makes-anticipating-cyclones-success?rand=6474\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As weather-related shocks become increasingly frequent and severe worldwide, the World Food Programme (WFP) has significantly expanded its investment in Anticipatory Action (AA) to help countries proactively manage their impact. 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