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Afghanistan Flash Floods Situation Report No 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. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Coordination Saves Lives | www.unocha.org Country Emergency Situation Report No. Six |3 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.
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