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194,176 people throughout Guatemala were affected by emergencies handled during the 2026 rainy season.
CONRED (2026)
Secretaría Ejecutiva de la Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres. (2026, 16 de septiembre). Ambiente cálido y lluvias continuarán: evitemos que la basura obstruya los drenajes [Boletín Informativo 293-2026]. https://conred.gob.gt/ambiente-calido-y-lluvias-continuaran-evitemos-que-la-basura-obstruya-los-drenajes/
1,513 emergencies were handled by the CONRED System in Guatemala during the 2026 rainy season.
CONRED (2026)
Secretaría Ejecutiva de la Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres. (2026, 16 de septiembre). Ambiente cálido y lluvias continuarán: evitemos que la basura obstruya los drenajes [Boletín Informativo 293-2026]. https://conred.gob.gt/ambiente-calido-y-lluvias-continuaran-evitemos-que-la-basura-obstruya-los-drenajes/
413 floods were recorded during the 2026 rainy season, making them the most frequently reported event among the 1,513 emergencies handled by the CONRED System.
CONRED (2026)
Secretaría Ejecutiva de la Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres. (2026, 16 de septiembre). Ambiente cálido y lluvias continuarán: evitemos que la basura obstruya los drenajes [Boletín Informativo 293-2026]. https://conred.gob.gt/ambiente-calido-y-lluvias-continuaran-evitemos-que-la-basura-obstruya-los-drenajes/
Primera-season maize in Honduras and Nicaragua was rated 'Poor' (yields 5-25% below the 5-year average) due to prolonged dry spells and high temperatures. Guatemala and El Salvador are also showing concern over the same climate driver.
GEOGLAM Crop Monitor (2026)
GEOGLAM Crop Monitor. (2026, September 3). Global Crop Monitor (No. 47). https://www.cropmonitor.org/global-crop-monitor
Between April 1 and August 20, 2026, the Pacific coastal areas of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua received only 30-60% of their average seasonal rainfall, ranking among the driest such periods since the CHIRPS record began in 1981.
GEOGLAM Crop Monitor for Early Warning (2026)
GEOGLAM Crop Monitor for Early Warning. (2026, September 3). Crop Monitor for Early Warning (No. 119). https://www.cropmonitor.org/crop-monitor-for-early-warning
The drought that El Nino is intensifying across Central America has left 236,447 Guatemalan families affected, according to the National Food and Nutrition Security Council (CONASAN), reported at its extraordinary meeting on August 28, 2026, which is evaluating raising the alert level to orange or red to activate the National Response Plan.
SESAN Guatemala - CONASAN (2026)
Secretaria de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional (SESAN). (2026, August 28). CONASAN en alerta: sequia pone en riesgo cultivos, agua y economia familiar. https://portal.sesan.gob.gt/2026/08/28/conasan-en-alerta-sequia-pone-en-riesgo-cultivos-agua-y-economia-familiar/
The strengthening El Nino across Central America - on track to be one of the strongest events since 1950 in 2026 - has driven Guatemala's worst drought of the season: 52 consecutive days without rain that have already caused crop losses in 138 of the country's municipalities, according to the Executive Secretariat for Disaster Reduction (SE-CONRED), reported at CONASAN's extraordinary meeting on August 28, 2026.
SESAN Guatemala - CONASAN (2026)
Secretaria de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional (SESAN). (2026, August 28). CONASAN en alerta: sequia pone en riesgo cultivos, agua y economia familiar. https://portal.sesan.gob.gt/2026/08/28/conasan-en-alerta-sequia-pone-en-riesgo-cultivos-agua-y-economia-familiar/
4 weeks without rainfall were enough to destroy staple crop plantings in agricultural communities in Guatemala and El Salvador, worsening food insecurity risks.
AgroLatam.com (2026)
AgroLatam.com. (2026, 26 de julio). ¿El Niño llevará al agro de Centroamérica a una crisis alimentaria? https://www.agrolatam.com/agricultura-latam/el-nino-crisis-alimentaria-centroamerica-onu-alerta-agro/
10.5 million people live in the Central American Dry Corridor and depend mainly on subsistence maize and bean farming, which is highly vulnerable to El Niño.
AgroLatam.com (2026)
AgroLatam.com. (2026, 26 de julio). ¿El Niño llevará al agro de Centroamérica a una crisis alimentaria? https://www.agrolatam.com/agricultura-latam/el-nino-crisis-alimentaria-centroamerica-onu-alerta-agro/
4 Central American countries, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua, contain extensive areas of the Dry Corridor exposed to prolonged droughts and extreme rainfall associated with El Niño.
AgroLatam.com (2026)
AgroLatam.com. (2026, 26 de julio). ¿El Niño llevará al agro de Centroamérica a una crisis alimentaria? https://www.agrolatam.com/agricultura-latam/el-nino-crisis-alimentaria-centroamerica-onu-alerta-agro/
