Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (14 - 20 August 2018)

INDIA THAILAND, VIET NAM, LAO PDR Neutral Watch As of 19 August, the worst flooding Watch From 17-19 August, Tropical since 1924 in Kerala state has Alert Cyclone Bebinca caused flash Alert caused 361 deaths with 725,000 MONGOLIA floods and landslides in six people displaced to relief camps. More El Niño Northern provinces of Thailand - Nan, than 233,179 people were evacuated and Chiangrai, Lampang, Payao, Chiang Mai damage caused by the floods may total Pyongyang DPR KOREA La Niña and Mae Hong Son. More than 9,000 over US$2.84 billion. The National JAPAN households have been affected. The RO KOREA Disaster Response Force (NDRF) sent a Kabul CHINA LA NIÑA/EL NIÑO LEVEL Government at provincial level is leading Islamabad Kobe total of 59 teams to rescue marooned Source: Commonwealth of Australia Bureau of Meteorology relief operations together with Thai AFGHANISTAN people, the largest deployment by the BHUTAN military and Thai Red Cross. The NDRF in a single state. Helicopters have government is closely monitoring water PAKISTAN NEPAL been dropping emergency food and water levels in all dams and reservoirs, which supplies across Kerala, while special are currently at 75 per cent of their full trains carrying drinking water and rice PACIFIC capacity, compared to 65 per cent at the INDIA VIET Bebinca 1 MYANMAR have been sent to the state. NAM OCEAN same time last year. BANGLADESH LAO Northern Mariana In Viet Nam, TC Bebinca also caused 725,000 people displaced PDR Yangon Islands (US) flooding in the north of the country, THAILAND South China Manila resulting in the deaths of 10 people, as of Bay of Bangkok PHILIPPINES Guam (US) 18 August. In Nghệ An Province alone, six CAMBODIA Sea Bengal people are known to have died. The On 19 August, a 7M earthquake cyclone affected Sơn La, Yên Bái, Thanh struck , it was preceded PALAU FEDERATED MARSHALL Hóa and Nghệ An provinces, where roads BRUNEI by a 6.3M earthquake and was DARUSSALAM STATES OF ISLANDS have been closed due to landslides. followed by a number of aftershocks. The SRI LANKA MICRONESIA epicenter was 30km northeast of East MALAYSIA TC Bebinca led to flooding in northern Lombok, and was 20 km deep. As of 20 MALDIVES SINGAPORE KIRIBATI Laos, with impacts also felt in the south of August, ten people are known to have NAURU the country. Heavy and consistent rain died and 24 people have been injured. since 13 August has led to rising river INDIAN INDONESIA More than 150 houses have been levels in Attapeu province, where the damaged and widespread power outages OCEAN hydro-electric dam collapsed less than a Jakarta SOLOMON have been reported. The earthquake PAPUA NEW ISLANDS month ago. This is causing flooding and caused a number of landslides and was PRECIPITATION FORECAST GUINEA TIMOR-LESTE TUVALU TOKELAUrestricting access to Sanamxay, felt across East Lombok, North Lombok, The latest precipitation forecasts for the hampering the delivery of aid to areas West , Sumbawa Besar, West affected by the dam collapse. Authorities Jun-Jul-Aug season predicts above normal VANUATU SAMOA Lombok and City, as well as rainfall for the SE China, Nepal, Bangladesh are closely monitoring the level of the FIJI 3 Bali, East Java and Makassar. Aircraft and PNG. Meanwhile, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mekong River and its tributaries. carrying relief from Jakarta and Malang Suva Fiji, India, Philippines, Brunei, Japan, Vanuatu, FRENCH POLYNESIA have been dispatched. Lombok has been Australia and Kiribati are likely to see below NIUE rocked by a number of significant AFGHANISTAN average rainfall. NEW TONGA COOK ISLANDS earthquake since the 7M quake on 5 CALEDONIA Source: IRI, Columbia University. July 2018 AUSTRALIA As of 20 August, fighting in Ghazni August which killed 460 people and city had ended with Afghan PITCAIRN displaced hundreds of thousands of Above normal security forces continuing to man people. 2 checkpoints in the city. Electricity and Normal telecommunication services are 10 people dead reportedly operational again, but Below normal experiencing regular outages. The Ghazni NEW ZEALAND ring road has reportedly been cleared of IEDs and reopened to civilian traffic. UN agencies have been delivering relief items including medical and nutritional supplies, 50 metric tons of food and generators.4

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The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations Creation date: 20 August 2018 Sources: 1.UN DMT, Kerala State Disaster Management Agency (KSDMA), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, Media, India Meteorology Department 2.BNPB, PVMBG, media 3.DDPM, the Office of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control 4. OCHA Afghanistan Feedback: [email protected] www.unocha.org/roap

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