BARCELONA - Ali Mohammad, a 50-year-old Afghan nomad, lost most of his sheep to a harsh drought in 2018.
The following year, his home was destroyed by floods that also killed his son and two daughters.
Now those forced from their homes by weather-related disasters in impoverished, war-ravaged Afghanistan - about 1.2 million people at the end of 2019 - must also contend with the threat of the novel coronavirus. Migration experts are worried that the COVID-19 respiratory disease could spread quickly in crowded, unhygienic camps and also in centers where people shelter to stay safe in storms or floods, or because their homes have been destroyed.
Ginnetti and others warned that such pressures are likely to increase as large parts of the Americas and Asia face the onset from June of hurricane and cyclone seasons, as well as the monsoon in South Asia.
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