UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs News

The death toll from the disaster has risen to 31. OCHA tallied 40 adults missing during its needs assessment In the initial panic, 13 people died, mostly from traffic accidents, as they fled a lava stream headed toward the city, the UN office said

Up to 15,000 people may have fled across Myanmar`s border into China in the past month, a United Nations agency has said, as fighting between Myanmar`s Army and ethnic armed groups intensifies.

Six months after the April earthquake in Nepal, the priority is to provide shelter and food before the harsh winter begins, a UN humanitarian official said.

At least 34 children have died from malnutrition in the first week of September in South Sudan's Bentiu town, a UN spokesman has said.