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-PACIFIC REGION 03 - 09 FEB 2010 Natural Disasters and Other Events being monitored by the OCHA Regional Office for the Asia-Pacific

ULAANBAATAR Probability of Above/Below 1 Legend Normal Feb to April 2010 OCHA Office or Presence JAMMU D P R K O R E A Above normal rainfall Country Capital KASHMIR Territory Capital AKSAI C H I N A CHIN J A P A N normal PACIFIC Affected Areas ARUNASHAL N E P A L PRADESH OCEAN Tropical Cyclone Paths

B H U TA N Below Normal Rainfall Earthquake M YA N M A R 2 Source: The International Research Institute for Climate and I N D I A Society - Jan 2010 Forecast for the Feb-Mar-Apr season L A O N o r t h e r n P D R South M a r i a n a Map Doc Name: B A N G L A D E S H YANGON I s l a n d s ( U . S . ) OCHA_ROAP-Sitmap_100209 Sea Bay of T H A I L A N D AGANA GLIDE Number(s): Bengal C A M B O D I A TC-2010-000018-PYF (French ) P H I L I P P I N E S G u a m ( U . S . )

S R I L A N K A V I E T N A M 3 SRI KOROR Creation Date: JAYEWARDENEPURA PA L A U M I C R O N E S I A ( F S O ) 9 February 2010 KOTTE Projection/Datum: Behrmann/WGS84 MALE M A L AY S I A B R U N E I D A R U S S A L A M K I R I B A T I Web Resources: http://ochaonline.un.org/roap I N D I A N S I N G A P O R E N A U R U 0 500 1,000 YAREN O C E A N Kilometers I N D O N E S I A Map data source(s): 4 UN Cartographic Section, Food and Agriculture PAPUA Organization (FAO), Global Discovery, (N.Z.) GDACS, PDC, IRI. DILI NEW GUINEA (Aus.) T I M O R - L E S T E Disclaimers: S O L O M O N The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply Cocos (Keeling) Island (Aus.) I S L A N D S Matu Utu 5 official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. VA N U AT U F I J I F r e n c h PORT-VILA P o l y n e s i a ( F r a . ) (Fra.) NUKU'ALOFA C o o k NOUMAÉ A U S T R A L I A I s l a n d s Pitcairn (U.K.) ( N . Z . )

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1. Mongolia - The dzud situation in Mongolia continues to 3. / - There is a higCh AcNhaBnEcRe RoAf below- Morobe, Madang and East Sepik. The situation could be and all communications were cut for two days. Tubuai, an be closely monitored. Livestock and food stuff are still the normal rainfall in the Philippines, Borneo and Sulawesi (IDN) worsening, and support from governments, both local and island in the Australes, was especially hard-hit. The initial

main concern. Physical access to the effected area is as well as in and . international are needed. estimate of damage in Tubuai alone is around USD 11M.

L L E reducing due to the consistency of the dzud. Few casualties Source: IRI Source: OCHA, OxW fam Source: WHO have been reported so far. NEW ZEALIANGNTDON Source: OCHA, Media 4. - Cholera has now spread to four 5. - On 4 February 2010, Severe Tropical provinces – Morobe, Madang, Eastern Highlands, and East Cyclone Oli struck the islands of Bora Bora, Tahiti, and Tubuai 2. - A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast Sepik since the outbreak in coastal villages of Morobe on 22 in French Polynesia with sustained winds of 185 kph and of Province in Japan on 7 Feb 2010. No major July. A total of 1,457 cases of cholera and 35 associated gusts of up to 260 kph. Waves up to eight meters in height damage or casualties were reported. Source: GDAC deaths have been reported, and cases are increasing in struck the islands. An estimated 600 homes were destroyed