Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Pam hit Vanuatu on 14 March 2015 with winds of up to 250 kilometers per hour and gusts up to 350 kilometers per hour, causing widespread devastation across the country.

Hurricane Matthew, a Category 4 hurricane, struck Haiti on 4 October 2016, causing hundreds of deaths, widespread damage, flooding, and displacement. The hurricane resulted in the largest humanitarian crisis in Haiti since the 2010 earthquake. Among the 2.1 million people who were affected, nearly 1.4 million were in need of some kind of humanitarian assistance.