ASIA AND THE PACIFIC Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot 25 - 31 May 2021

MYANMAR INDIA/BANGLADESH

An estimated 151,000 people in Tropical Cyclone Yaas made landfall over MONGOLIA Inactive Watch north Odisha on 26 May, bringing strong southeastern parts of the country have Watch been internally displaced by insecurity Alert winds, heavy rainfall and storm surge of more DPR KOREA than four meters which affected the Indian States of and armed conflict between various parties as of Pyongyang Alert JAPANJAPAN Odisha and West Bengal, and low-lying coastal areas in 31 May. In Kayah State, between 85,000 to El Niño Kabul RO KOREA Bangladesh. 100,000 people are estimated to have been AFGHANISTAN CHINA Kobe displaced by ongoing hostilities between the Islamabad La Niña In India, an estimated 300,000 houses were destroyed BHUTAN Myanmar Armed Forces (MAF) and the Karenni or damaged as sea waters along the Bengal coast and PAKISTANPAKISTAN Army as well as the Karenni People's Defence NEPAL LA NIÑA/EL NIÑO LEVEL rivers started swelling and breached embankments. In Force. Fighting in the area continues to escalate Source: Commonwealth of Australia Bureau of Meteorology West Bengal, more than 4,600 villages were affected, BANGLADESH MYANMAR with airstrikes and indiscriminate shelling and about 230,000 people are displaced across 14,000 reported. The majority of the displaced people are relief camps. According to authorities in the concentrated in Demoso, Hpruso and Loikaw INDIA VIET NAMVIET NAM neighboring state of Odisha, more than 128 villages TC Yaas4 LAO PDRLAO PDR have been severely affected across ten districts. townships in Kayah State as well as Hsiseng and Yangon Northern Mariana PACIFIC UNICEF is supporting response efforts of the Pekon townships in southern Shan State, Islands (US) THAILANDTHAILAND Manila PHILIPPINES OCEAN Governments of West Bengal and Odisha by providing according to UNHCR. The displacement in Kayah Bay of Bangkok Guam (US) assistance in the areas of health, water and sanitation, State is in addition to 51,200 people who had been Bengal CAMBODIA South protection, nutrition, education, and COVID-19 risk displaced in the south-east, over 47,300 people in China communication. Kayin State, with a further 3,900 in parts of Mon BRUNEI Sea PALAU FEDERATED State and eastern Bago Region, since 1 February MARSHALL In Bangladesh, tidal surge combined with the collapse DARUSSALAM STATES OF ISLANDS of embankments flooded low-lying coastal areas in the due to insecurity and clashes between the MAF SRI LANKA MICRONESIA districts of Satkhira, Khulna, Bhola, Patuakhali and and the Karen National Liberation Army. The MALAYSIA Borguna, leaving at least four people dead, displacing humanitarian impact of hostilities in the region MALDIVES SINGAPORE KIRIBATI about 15,000 people across 200 villages, and damaging remains severe, with people displaced and those or destroying thousands of houses, farm land and fish who remain in areas affected across the NAURU enclosures. WHO and UNICEF are working with local south-eastern parts of the country in urgent need INDIAN administrations and have medical teams and of food, shelter, medicine, water as well as INDONESIA PAPUA NEW SOLOMON emergency medical supplies on standby. Several sanitation services. Humanitarian access to OCEAN Jakarta GUINEA ISLANDS humanitarian partners are providing emergency supply people in need is constrained by insecurity, road TIMOR-LESTE TUVALU TOKELAUin the form of drinking water and dry food. blockages, landmine risks and lengthy or unclear PRECIPITATION FORECAST Challenges in maintaining social distancing and limited approval processes. As needs grow, the capacities The precipitation forecast for the Apr-May-Jun availabilitySAMOA of sanitation facilities in emergency shelters of local partners are increasingly stretched and season indicates that precipitation is likely to be VANUATU may complicate efforts to halt the surge in COVID-19 require additional financial support. Despite the below normal across eastern/northern China, FIJI southern Japan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, cases at a time when the region is battling with another challenges, operational partners are responding to Suva waveNIUE of infections.² FRENCH POLYNESIA needs where possible. During the reporting period, northern/central India, and Mongolia. Above normal precipitation is likely across the Philippines, Thailand, a small number of families displaced across TONGA Palau, Guam, and Northern Mariana Islands. COOK ISLANDS several townships in Kayah State, Kayin State, and AUSTRALIA NEW Source: IRI, Columbia University. April 2021 PHILIPPINES PITCAIRN eastern parts of Bago Region received shelter and CALEDONIA emergency kits, hygiene assistance, and basic Above normal A weather disturbance east of Mindanao has medical supplies. The partners will continue to intensified into a tropical storm labelled as TS explore all possible options to respond to the Normal Choi-wan (local name Dante) bringing heavy needs of people displaced and everyone affected.¹ Below normal rains and flooding in the Davao and CARAGA regions. NEW ZEALAND There are no exact figures yet on displacements, but local media report that rescue teams have evacuated families in various areas to safer ground over the weekend. TS Choi-wan is not expected to make OCHA presence landfall but will strengthen to a severe tropical storm in the next two days. Its outer rain bands could also The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official affect the Visayas region and result in landslides and

endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. floods in highly susceptible areas.³ Feedback: [email protected] unocha.org/roap Sources: 1. UNHCR and local sources 2. UNICEF, BRAC, WHO 3. PAGASA, media 4. GDACS For the latest information related to COVID-19 please see: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/events-as-they-happen