Afghanistan Flash Floods Situation Report No. 6 as of 2100h (local time) on 10 May 2014

This report is produced by OCHA Afghanistan in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It was issued by OCHA Afghanistan. It covers the period from 24 April to 10 May 2014. The next report will be issued on or around 15 May 2014.

Highlights

 The number affected by floods in Afghanistan has risen by a further 30,000 people to more than 120,000 people in 16 provinces (85 districts).  Coordinated humanitarian response remains through the NDMC and the PDMC of the individual affected provinces.  Three key concerns: 1. rupturing of the Balkh-Samangan highway and roads in Badakhshan. 2. Access due to insecurity remains problematic in a number of districts in Faryab, Jawzjan and Sar-e-Pul. 3. GiZ and USAID technical experts are en route to assess the buildup of water at Ab Barik in Badakhshan.  Balkh was worst hit by the new wave of flood water: 13 villages were inundated in Khulm district, affecting an estimated 2,000 families and over 500 individuals were rescued by ANA helicopters.  Sufficient relief stocks remain in country for the response; however, the logistics challenge is getting them from their prepositioned locations to the area of flood impact, which has continuously shifted over the past two weeks. Relief operations are likely to continue as heavy rains forecast for the next 7 to 10 days  The key focus as the floodwaters eventually recede is the rehabilitation and reconstruction of destroyed and damaged homes, infrastructure and agricultural land. The inclusion of disaster risk reduction components will be important, as many of the same districts have been flooded annually since 2012 and in Sari Pul and Jawzjan in particular. Situation Overview

Heavy rainfall has triggered a new wave of floods in Balkh, Jawzjan, Sari Pul and Samangan provinces. Over the past 48 hours a further 17 districts in four provinces have been flooded: assessments and response are ongoing since Friday and continue today. Two new provinces are flood affected since the last report: Parwan and Maydan Wardak, so that 16 provinces are now affected by floods.

The four worst affected provinces with 75% of all the flood- affected are still Jawzjan, Faryab, and Sari Pul, now with the addition of Balkh. Approximately 90,000 individuals are flood affected in these four provinces and this is where the primary focus of the ongoing flood response remains.

www.unocha.org The mission of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is to mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors. Coordination Saves Lives Country Emergency Situation Report No. Six |2 Flash Flood Timeline (as of 10 May 2014) Apr‐14 May‐14 Province About 50 m of the main Kabul-Mazar northern 24 25 26 27 28 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 highway has been completely destroyed by 1 Badakhshan 2 Badghis flooding (see photo above) in the Tangi area 3 Baghlan of Khulm district, which connects Kabul to all 4 Balkh northern provinces west of the damaged area 5 Faryab 6 Hirat - Mazar, Jawzjan, Sari Pul, Faryab and 7 Jawzjan western parts of Balkh. 8 Samangan 9 Sar‐e‐Pul 10 Takhar Security and access constraints are 11 Ghor challenging response in up to eight districts, 12 Logar 13 Kabul which ARCS and WFP are now prioiritising for 14 Bamyan assessment and response. These include 15 Parwan Dazab and Queshtepa in Jawzjan and Almar 16 Wardak and Qayser in Faryab. No. of No. of Houses Persons Families Houses Province Districts Districts Destroy Killed Affected Damaged* Affected Assessed ed* Jawzjan 8 3 65 4,200 - 100 Humanitarian Response Faryab 12 6 47 3,028 50 10 Sar-e-pul 6 4 28 2,737 2,148 682 Balkh 5 1 4 2,513 502 607 Jawzjan Province Baghlan 10 8 8 1,645 907 637 Assessment completed districts: Badakhshan (Argo district being 9 5 503* 1,056 - 330 Khwanjadukoh, Fayzabad, Aqcha assessed) Samangan 6 2 1 829 455 402 Kabul 5 4 - 396 300 96 Prioritized activities for the week ahead Ghor 6 3 1 247 11 26 Continuation of flood assessments, mitigation Logar 1 1 2 228 40 88 work, relief distributions: food, tents, NFIs. Takhar 3 1 - 184 85 99 Health response: expansion and Bagdghis 4 3 16 181 90 50 Bamyan 4 2 - 45 20 22 strengthening of emergency health response, Hirat 3 2 - 43 35 8 including surveillance. Parwan 2 - - 12 - - Wardak (being WASH cluster: UNICEF to follow up on water, 4 - - - - - assessed) sanitation and hygiene needs in newly flood Grand Total 88 45 675 17,344 4,643 3,157 affected areas. * Confirmation of initial casualty estimates in Argo district still pending assessment completion Protection monitoring of IDP situation and needs.

Analysis identifying and addressing emerging gaps, obstacles, duplication, stock shortages Darzab and Qushtepa assessments still required: not undertaken yet due to insecurity. Need for flood mitigation gaps: sandbags, shovels, excavators to protect villages and strengthen flood protection walls. Obstacles: Floods continue. Together with standing water this prevents assessments and distribution teams from reaching affected villages. Immediate need: safe drinking water and medicine to prevent outbreak of water born diseases. Need to expand existing health monitoring system and boost WASH capacity.

Faryab Province Assessments completed districts: Dawlatabad, Garziwan, Khwajasabzposh, Maymana, Qaysar, Shirintagab. Assessments are pending in Almar, Bilchiragh, Pashtunkot, Ghormach, Qurghan, and Kohestan due to insecurity.

Prioritized activities for the week ahead Kohestan district: assessment mission planned. WASH cluster response: WASH mission planned by UNICEF Mazar. Continuation of health response, focus on strengthening surveillance system.

Analysis identifying and addressing emerging gaps, obstacles, duplication, stock shortages Faryab has sufficient food and NFI stocks and if needed further stocks can be mobilized from Mazar warehouses. Health response is on track. WASH response requires strengthening, especially for sanitation and hygiene. Protection concerns need to be addressed especially in areas where communities are also affected by conflict.

Sari Pul Province Flooded districts: Sayad, Sozmaqala and Gosfandi Kohestanat, Balkhab.

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Assessments completed with ongoing verification in Sayad, Sozmaqala and Gosfandi districts. Early recovery assessment planned for Kohestanat, Balkhab and Sayad district. Distribution completed in Sar-e-Pul district and most parts of Sayad, Sozmaqala and Gosfandi district. A security incident on 10 May 2014 involving an INGO will impact on NGO needs verification, assessments and response capacity in the province.

Prioritized activities for the week ahead WASH cluster response: UNICEF Mazar WASH team is addressing WASH needs in cooperation with Sar-e-Pul WASH partners. Following up on water, sanitation and hygiene needs. Continuation of health response, focus on strengthening surveillance system.

Analysis identifying and addressing emerging gaps, obstacles, duplication, stock shortages Sufficient food and NFI stocks available in Mazar warehouses to respond to further flood needs. Health response on track. Insufficient number of WASH partners in Sar-e-Pul province. WASH response requires strengthening, especially for sanitation and hygiene.

Balkh Province Flooded districts: Khulm, Sholgara, Chahar Bolak, Zari districts. Heavy rain triggered devastating flash floods resulting in widespread flooding in Khulm district, 13 villages flooded. PDMC called 10 May. ANA evacuated 524 people by helicopter. Six assessment teams deployed 10th May, access hampered due to high flood levels. A large number -yet to be determined of displaced and houses affected, initial estimates c.2,000.

Prioritized activities for the week ahead Search and rescue, continue assessments, distribution relief items food, non-food shelter medicine protection assistance; activating WASH response.

Analysis identifying and addressing emerging gaps, obstacles, duplication, stock shortages Main northern highway Kabul-Mazar road in Tangi area of Khulm district is completely missing-destroyed c. 50 metres. Floodwaters continue to erode the foundations of what is remaining. Balkh Department of Public Works and other technical teams are standing by ready to repair the destroyed part of the road, but waiting flood waters to subside. ANDMA Balkh sent 600 blankets, 30, tents, food & bottled water. 1 MT of high-energy biscuits (WFP) have reached Khulm district centre. Emergency health response is fully implemented. UNICEF has NFI stock for more than 2,000 families in Mazar.

Baghlan Province Flooded districts: Pul-e-Khumri district, Doshi and Khenjan district. Joint needs assessment for 7 May flood completed in Pul-e-Khumri district and ongoing in Doshi and Khenjan district.

Prioritized activities for the week ahead Mobilization of sufficient WASH assistance, especially in Pul-e-Khumri city area, the health response is on track.

Analysis identifying and addressing emerging gaps, obstacles, duplication, stock shortages Road access between Balkh and Samangan province has been cut and then onwards to Baghlan: food and NFIs stored in Mazar warehouses are now unable to be transported to Baghlan province. This affects WFP food, IOM and UNICEF NFIs, UNHCR tents and NGO NFI supplies. These supplies now need to be brought up from Kabul warehouses.

Badakshan Province Landslide district: Argo; flooded districts: Darayem, Fayzabad, Shuhada, Yaftal-e-Sufla, Yawan, Warduj, Shahr-e- Buzorg.

In Argo district, following the appointment and arrival on 6 May of Minister Barmak as the high-level Disaster Relief Coordinator, four committees were established: (1) identification (2) distribution (3) managing cash (4) resettlement. The committees prepared information based on the NSP data, identified the affected population into three groups: most affected population who have lost family members and/or house; (2) at risk, living close to mudslide; (3) from neighbouring villages. In addition to the many distributions taking place, infrastructure services set up include: 12

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Prioritized activities for the week ahead 14 female headed families living in the camp require appropriate services and aid to be provided. UNFPA to advise on protection issues, education for children, appropriate assistance for disabled people. Consider site planning issues e.g. drainage, site leveling etc.

Analysis identifying and addressing emerging gaps, obstacles, duplication, stock shortages Lack of site planning and camp management are proving to be the biggest impediments for any further response planning, especially WASH. Tents are too closely spaced and the current situation presents other potential hazards (protection/health risks).

Humanitarian Response by Cluster

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene  Response is proceeding for some 200,000 affected people. No stock shortages for immediate response with multiple pre-positioned stocks across the northern region as well as in Kabul to call upon;  Need to complete assessments in areas hindered by insecurity or road damage (Jawzjan/2 districts, Faryab/4 districts, Sari Pul/selected village in 3 districts, Samangan/1 district;  Requirement to review WASH needs for 50 schools expected to reopen under tents next week in cooperation with RRD and Provincial Education Departments;  Gender considerations need to be addressed in response, both for sanitation and hygiene facilities;  Hygiene promotion and emergency sanitation to be reinforced with appropriate communication material, standard operating procedures and thorough training of staff.

Shelter and NFIs  Assessments and distributions ongoing in response to new flooding events;  Emergency shelter and NFI resources in the North are sufficient to meet demand;  Initial stages of planning underway for a medium term shelter plan for transitional shelters.

Health  Health response is on track, with sufficient provision of medicine and supplies to provincial health authorities, mobile health teams established in each province and measles campaign ongoing; There is a need to strengthen active surveillance to continually assess the health situation of the flood affected population. Of particular concern: increased health risks due to contaminated drinking water and polluted and damaged water sources; IDPs gathered together in crowded open spaces; Samangan and Faryab provinces have a history of acute watery diarrhea outbreaks.  There is no information on the health condition of flood affected people in the insecure districts of Darzab, Qushtepa, parts of Sayad, Sozmaqala and Sar-e-Pul and 6/9 affected districts of Faryab province;  Following the 9 May flood, there is no road access to Samangan province out of Balkh. Deliveries of medical supplies by road have also been cut between Kabul and Balkh province.

Food Security  Assessment and provision of emergency food assistance is on track, with sufficient stocks to continue responding to arising needs;

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 To date, over 2000 MT of mixed food commodities, has been distributed; FSAC members, (mainly WFP and Islamic Relief), are targeting around 13,000 flood-affected households.  Insecurity continues to restrict access and provision of assistance to districts in Jawzjan and Faryab;  Flood waters and damaged roads have interrupted the supply chain from Kabul and is impeding access to Samangan, Baghlan and Balkh provinces.  Ongoing emergency assessments underway to identify emerging needs due to losses in agriculture livelihoods. A comprehensive agriculture damages assessment is also needed to inform required response for rehabilitation and early recovery of livelihoods.

Nutrition  Merlin has screened a total of 414 children under 5 for malnutrition in Argo. Of those screened, 39 (9%) were found to be moderately malnourished and 7 (2%) were severely malnourished and received nutrition services; Merlin reached a total of 270 women and 130 men with nutrition health and hygiene promotion sessions in this village;  WFP is supporting Merlin with four targeted Supplementary feeding sites in Badakhshan responding to the landslides affected areas.

Protection  Assessments on child protection, GBV and education in emergencies have been have conducted and response given to identified needs.  Consistent protection needs analysis and systematic identification and prioritization of vulnerable groups is needed, their access to services and referral pathways, increased information and awareness protocols for affected populations, post-traumatic stress disorder evaluations, and AGDM-targeted response activities;  The cluster is refining the existing RAF/IDP Checklist to roll out a flood-specific IDP Checklist which will be used to assess protection needs and risks in IDP sites;  A focus on durable solutions, in particular in relation to livelihoods and land and property rights.  Detailed assessments of school damage, rehabilitation, rebuilding needs including water points is underway; some 50 schools in 4 provinces will be reopened during the coming week. Tents for temporary school locations and replacement school materials being dispatched to provinces.

Background on the crisis Afghanistan is extremely susceptible to recurring natural disasters, due to its geographical location and years of environmental degradation. The country regularly experiences flooding, earthquakes, avalanches, landslides and drought, in addition to other man-made disasters resulting in the frequent loss of lives, livelihoods and property; contributing to high levels of poverty across the country. The Northern provinces of Afghanistan can be severely affected by both floods and drought. Seasonal rains and spring snow melt regularly result in life- threatening flash flooding in the region. The Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA), supported by the international humanitarian community, has prepared contingency plans for the spring floods as well as a number of early warning systems. ANDMA has also been working to construct flood protection systems in flash flood prone communities.

For further information, please contact: Aidan O’Leary, OCHA Head of Office, [email protected], cell +93 79 300 1101

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United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Coordination Saves Lives | www.unocha.org Northern Afghanistan: Spring Floods 2014 (Assessment Status as of 10 May 2014) Province DistrictAssessment Status Province District Assessment Status Darzeb Pending Darayem Completed Khwanjadukoh Completed Argo Completed Qushtepa Pending Fayzabad Completed Fayzabad Completed Keshem Completed Jawzjan Aqcha On‐goingBadakhshan Shuhada Completed Mardyan On‐going Yaftal‐e‐Sufla Pending Khaniqa On‐going Yawan Pending Mingajik On‐going Warduj Pending Almar Pending Shahr‐e‐Buzorg Pending Bilchiragh Pending Baghlan Jadid Completed Dawlatabad Completed Andarab Completed Garziwan Completed Guzargahi Nur Completed Khwajasabzposh Completed Khinjan Completed Faryab Maymana Completed Dil Salah Completed Baghlan Pashtunkot Completed Pul‐e‐Khumri Completed Ghormach Pending Dushi On‐going Qurghan Completed Khwajahejran Completed Shirintagab Completed Khost Wa Fereng Completed Kohestan Pending Tala Wa barfak Completed Gosfandi Completed Kalafgan On‐going Sar‐e‐Pul CompletedTakhar Eshkashem Completed Sayad Completed Farkhar On‐going Sar‐e‐pul Sozmaqala Completed Chaghcharan Completed Balkhab Pending Dawlatyar On‐going Kohistanat Pending Taywarah On‐going Ghor Sholgara On‐going Charsadra Completed Zari On‐going Shahrak Completed Balkh Keshendeh Completed Tolak Completed Khulm On‐going Logar Mohammadagha Completed Ab Kamari Completed PD 5 Completed Bala Murghab Completed PD 6 Completed Bagdghis Qadis On‐goingKabul PD 13 Completed Qala‐I‐Naw Completed PD 14 Completed Hirat Completed Musayi On‐going Hirat Pashton Zarghon On‐going Shibar Completed

Kohsan CompletedBamyan Bamyan centre On‐going Aybak Completed Yakawlang On‐going Ruy‐e‐Duab Completed Saygha n Completed Khuram Wa On‐going Gird (Ghorband) Pending Parwan Samangan Sarbagh Feroznakhchir Pending Shinwari Pending Hazrat‐e‐Sultan Pending Jaghatu On‐going

Dara‐e‐Suf‐e‐Bala PendingMaydan Daymirdad On‐going Wardak Jalriz On‐going Chak On‐going AFGHANISTAN: Overview of Flood-Affected Areas (as of 10 May 2014)

Areas Affected by Floods Population Affected by Province

Badakhshan Badakhshan Takhar 8 Balkh 65 Kunduz 9 Balkh Kunduz 503 Jawzjan 3 Jawzjan Takhar Faryab 5 4

12 6 47 1 10 8 6 Samangan Faryab 28 Samangan Baghlan Baghlan Panjsher Sar-e-Pul Sari Pul Nuristan Pnjshr. Nuristan 4 16 Badghis Bamyan 4 Kapisa Parwan Kp. Parwan2 Kunar Badghis Bamyan Kunar Hirat Laghman Lghm. Kabul 5 Kabul Wardak Wardak 3 6 4 Nangarhar Hirat 1 Nangarhar 1 Logar Ghor 2 Ghor Daykundi Daykundi Lg. Paktya Paktya Ghazni Khost Ghazni Khost

Uruzgan Uruzgan 16 Provinces Paktika Farah Paktika Farah Zabul 88 Districts Zabul Affected Affected Families by Province Nimroz Kandahar Hilmand Kandahar Hilmand 12 - 100 Areas Affected Nimroz 101 - 1,000 Affected Districts 1,001 - 2,000 Affected Province 675 Persons Killed 2,001 - 4,200 # Number of Districts Affected 17,344 Familes Affected 2,863 Families Displaced # Number of Persons Killed Number of Houses Damaged or Destroyed by Province Badakhshan Number of Families Affected by Province Notes: 100 Balkh Takhar Kunduz 330 The information represented on the map is based on Jawzjan 99 607 Jawzjan 4,200 reports of OCHA field offices, IOM and PDMC meetings. Faryab 3,028 10 402 637 These figures may fluctuate as the number of affected Faryab 682 Samangan Sar‐e‐Pul 2,737 Afghans, people killed and injured, and houses Baghlan damaged or destroyed are based ona combination of Sar-e-Pul Pnjshr. Nuristan verified and non-verified reports received. Hence, 50 Balkh 2,513 22 Parwan Kp. these figures may change as updates are received. Badghis Bamyan Kunar Lghm. Kbl. Baghlan 1,645 96 Wardak 8 26 Nangarhar Badakhshan 1,056 Hirat Ghor 88 Daykundi Lg. Samangan 829 0 100 200 Km Paktya Khost ° Ghazni Kabul 396 3,157 Houses Destroyed Date Printed: 11 May 2014 06:11 PM Uruzgan 4,643 Houses Damaged Ghor 247 Paktika Data Source(s): Farah AGCHO Zabul Natural disaster information: OCHA Field Offices and IOM Houses Damaged Logar 228 Takhar 184 by Province Projection/Datum: Geographic/WGS-84 Badghis 181 Disclaimers: Hilmand Kandahar No reports of damage The designations employed and the presentation of material on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the Nimroz 1 - 100 Bamyan 45 part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or 101 - 600 Hirat 43 concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Doc Name: 601 - 2148 Parwan 12 Afg_Flooding_April2014_20140511 # Houses Destroyed Feedback: [email protected] Wardak Website: http://afg.humanitarianresponse.info