Floods across 14 central and West African nations have affected at least 4 million people — rendering many of them homeless — killed about 1,000 and are devastating crops in a region that’s already short of food and plagued by insecurity.

The flash appeal comes at a time when the Global South has been greatly ravaged by the El Niño phenomenon that has left more than 27 million people food insecure in at least seven southern Africa countries.

Floods across a swath of central and West Africa have displaced at least 2.9 million people, killed about 1,000 and are devastating crops in a region that’s already short of food and plagued by insecurity.