Situation Report No. 5 – Floods in Cambodia Humanitarian Response
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Situation Report No. 5 – Floods in Cambodia Humanitarian Response Forum As of 21 October 2020 FLOOD SITUATION OVERVIEW SATELLITE-DETECTED WATER (as of 20 October 2020) Since 1 October, Cambodia has experienced heavy rainfall across much of the country. As of 21 October, about 156,137 households in 14 provinces, including Phnom Penh, are reported to be affected by flash floods. In these areas, houses, infrastructure (roads, schools, health centres) and agricultural land have been inundated. The worst affected are Battambang (66,088 households affected, 4,592 displaced), Banteay Meanchey (29,225 households affected, 4,567 displaced), and Pursat (28,349 households affected, 1,934 displaced). More rainfall is forecasted this week. FLOOD IMPACT DASHBOARD 156,137 households affected 23 health centres affected 13,318 households displaced 617 schools affected 31 persons have died 1,866,592 meters of road affected 145,185 houses affected 328,228 ha of agricultural land affected FLOOD IMPACT BREAKDOWN BY PROVINCE* Province land road road Health Health Deaths Houses Houses centres (meter) Schools affected affected affected affected affected affected (hectare) by PCDM displaced of Length Agricultural Households Households Households Report date Battambang 66,088 4,592 - 66,067 - 316 1,188,703 164,116 21-Oct Banteay Meanchey 29,225 4,567 18 29,225 9 186 75,575 75,620 21-Oct Pursat 28,349 1,934 6 24,531 3 26 256,220 46,114 21-Oct Kampong Thom 7,772 - 5 7,772 2 42 31,551 14,892 21-Oct Phnom Penh 5,587 1,593 - 4,965 - - 10,000 1,350 21-Oct Kandal 4,532 - - 4,099 4 9 20,531 7,014 21-Oct Svay Rieng 3,150 36 - 97 1 1 15,756 2,108 21-Oct Kampong Speu 2,421 212 - 1,697 - 1 16,229 3,196 21-Oct Pailin 1,310 253 1 1,227 - 2 55,670 4,784 21-Oct Stung Treng 1,219 57 - 861 1 2 50,050 357 21-Oct *Provincial-level maps are available for six provinces in the Annex. Takeo 1,948 - - 1,948 - 3 102,221 1,868 21-Oct Siem Reap 3,680 29 1 2,280 2 15 36,436 1,302 21-Oct TECHNICAL NOTE: The daily satellite-detected water displayed in the map was produced by the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) Preah Vihear 435 41 - 416 - - 3,000 3,963 20-Oct and SERVIR-Mekong program, obtained between 14-20 October and mapped by the World Food Programme Cambodia. Additional satellite data from ESA Sentinel-1 on 14 October was obtained and mapped by the World Food Programme Headquarters Geospatial Support Unit. Oddar Meanchey 421 4 - - 1 14 4,650 1,544 21-Oct Flood extent was extracted from this data by considering annual permanent and recurrent surface water; note that this is not validated in TOTAL 156,137 13,318 31 145,185 23 617 1,866,592 328,228 156,137 the field and satellite-detected water may not capture flooding in some areas due to cloud coverage, time latency of satellite revisit, *Data presented above is the latest available from Provincial Committees for Disaster Management. Due to the velocity of water flow and high density of forest canopy. time lag in reporting and rapidly evolving situation the flood impact data is subject to change each day. https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/cambodia [email protected] Situation Report No. 5 – Floods in Cambodia Humanitarian Response Forum As of 21 October 2020 RIVER LEVEL MONITORING AND FLOOD FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER WARNING According to the Mekong River Commission, all eight river monitoring stations in Cambodia are at ‘normal’ levels (indicated as ‘N’ in the map below). There are no flood warnings at any Mekong monitoring sites. Water levels at all stations are The Department of Meteorology’s forecasted to decrease on 23-26 October. See the link for station-specific data. three-day outlook includes severe thunderstorms and a ‘be aware’ advisory in most provinces (except provinces indicated in green) on 21 October and strong wind and a ‘be aware’ advisory in coastal provinces on 22 October. There are no weather warning warnings on 23 October. http://www.cambodiameteo.com/de tailwarning?menu=133&lang=en http://www.mrcmekong.org/mekong-flood-forecasting; http://ffw.mrcmekong.org/ REGIONAL RAINFALL FORECAST Accumulated rainfall for the seven- day period of 20-26 October is forecasted to be more than 90 mm in most provinces (map, left side) Since 1 October, PCDMs have which is well above the long-term sent flood warning alerts via average (map, right side). However, mobile phone to 62,079 the provinces in the northwest are EWS1294 subscribers, with an expected to receive rainfall below 50 estimated reach of 254,524 mm, which is consistent with normal people in 12 provinces (Pursat, conditions. Banteay Meanchey, Siem Reap, Battambang, Pailin, Koh Kong, Oddar Meanchey, Preah Vihear, Kampong Thom, Kampot, Svay Rieng, and Stung Treng). http://ews1294.info/en/home/ Accessed on 21 October from NOAA, Climate Prediction Center https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/cambodia [email protected] Situation Report No. 5 – Floods in Cambodia Humanitarian Response Forum As of 21 October 2020 RESOURCES AND STOCK SECTOR RESPONSES* According to the National Committee for Disaster Management, the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has food and cash reserves equivalent to 16,000mt of rice (11,000mt in stock Number of flood-affected households that have received emergency assistance by type^ Province and 5,000mt in budget), 3,000mt of rice seed and 25mt of crop seeds. The Green Trade Report Company is dispatching 975mt of this rice to Banteay Meanchey and Oddar Meanchey. Food Cash WASH Health Shelter Protection Education NFI date NCDM has provided 40 boats and 200 life jackets to four provinces (Pursat, Battambang, Pailin, Pursat 5,287 645 645 - 645 - - 1,845 18-Oct and Banteay Meanchey) and has 720 search and rescue teams trained to be deployed at the request of the provincial level. RGC also released 46,491 boxes of drinking water to NCDM to Battambang 3,168 - 586 - 501 - - 2,503 20-Oct distribute to affected households in Pursat, Battambang, Pailin and Banteay Meanchey. Banteay Meanchey 11,411 - 10,137 - - - - 10,394 19-Oct The Cambodian Red Cross will provide 400 million Riel (~100,000 USD) to four severely flood Stung Treng 105 - 440 - - - - 105 20-Oct affected provinces, namely Pursat, Battambang, Banteay Meanchey and Pailin. Media outlets have reported significant charitable donations (more than 6 million USD) from Preah Vihear 49 - 33 - - - - - 18-Oct private individuals for the flood response. Svay Rieng 28 - - - - - - 28 20-Oct United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations have reported the following Pailin 1,544 824 - - 500 - - 1,065 20-Oct stock of non-food items are available: WASH kits for 13,600 households; food kits for 2,771 households; shelter kits for 62 households; and other non-food items for 1,342 households. Kampong Thom 455 - - - - - - - 20-Oct COORDINATION Kandal 318 - - - - - - 318 18-Oct The HRF Secretariat will organize a meeting of sector lead and co-lead agencies and sector Phnom Penh 6,379 - 3,384 - 171 - - 3,384 18-Oct members on 23 October to discuss the latest flood situation and sectoral response plans. TOTAL 28,744 1,469 15,225 - 1,817 - 19,642 HRF SECTOR LEADS AND CO-LEADS * Data presented in the table above is based on the latest information received from HRF members, NCDM, PCDMs and CRC. Sector Lead and Co-lead agencies A donation from the Royal Palace in Pursat is also included. This table is not exhaustive and additional sectoral response information is being updated frequently. Food Security and Nutrition World Food Programme, DanChurchAid WASH UNICEF, World Vision ^ ‘Food’ includes rice, instant noodles, canned fish, soya sauce; ‘NFI’ includes sandbags, mosquito nets, blankets, insect spray. Shelter International Organization for Migration, People In Need ASSESSMENTS Health World Health Organization From 19-21 October, NCDM and humanitarian partners conducted a joint rapid assessment in Pursat, Battambang, Banteay Education UNICEF, Save the Children Meanchey, Pailin, Phnom Penh and Kandal. Initial results are expected at the end of the week. Protection UNICEF, Save the Children, World Vision This situation report was produced by the HRF Secretariat. The work of the HRF Secretariat is currently made possible by the generous contributions from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Government of Japan for disaster risk management in Cambodia. https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/cambodia [email protected] Situation Report No. 5 – Floods in Cambodia Humanitarian Response Forum As of 21 October 2020 ANNEX – Satellite-detected water in Banteay Meanchey (as of 20 October 2020) https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/cambodia [email protected] Situation Report No. 5 – Floods in Cambodia Humanitarian Response Forum As of 21 October 2020 ANNEX – Satellite-detected water in Battambang and Pailin (as of 20 October 2020) https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/cambodia [email protected] Situation Report No. 5 – Floods in Cambodia Humanitarian Response Forum As of 21 October 2020 ANNEX – Satellite-detected water in Pursat (as of 20 October 2020) https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/cambodia [email protected] Situation Report No. 5 – Floods in Cambodia Humanitarian Response Forum As of 21 October 2020 ANNEX – Satellite-detected water in Phnom Penh and Kandal (as of 20 October 2020) https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/cambodia [email protected].