ASIA-PACIFIC REGION 12 - 18 September, 2012 Natural Disasters and Other Events being monitored by the OCHA Regional Office for the Asia-Pacific

1. Thailand - Low-lying areas in 14 provinces have seen moderate Probability of Above/Below u" levels of flooding in central and eastern parts of the country. More than Normal Precipitation 140,000 have been affected. Officials stress that the current flooding September to November 2012 is much less than last year's. the GoT estimates 900,000 rai of land M O N G O L I A Above normal rainfall will be flooded this year compared to 35 million rai last year. p" Source: OCHA, GoT DPR JAMMU normal 2. RO Korea and DPR Korea - Sanba is currently over the KASH MIR 3 p" Korean Penninsula. In RO Korea a landslide killed a woman in Seongju county. There has been no information received on damage C H I N A p" ! AKSA I RO KOREA Below normal rainfall or casualties in DPR Korea. CH IN KOBE Source: UNISYS, Media, OCHA BHUTAN Source: The International Research ARU NA SHA L 2 PRA DES H Institute for Climate and Society - 3. Japan - Typhoon Sanba passed over Japan causing some flooding NEPAL Aug 2012 Forecast for the p" and temporary loss of power, however no casualties or serious ! Sep-Oct-Nov season KATHMANDU damage has been reported. Source: OCHA DHAKA ! PA C IF IC MYANMAR 4. Papua New Guinea - Manam Island Volcano experienced some I N D I A VIET NAM OC E A N y" LAO lava flow on 17 Sep. The island is home to 1,000 people. The Gov SANBA requested the local population to evacuate to mainland care centres, BANGLADESH PDR 1! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! however only 65 people have accepted so far. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Northern Mariana YANGON ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Source: OCHA THA! ! I! L! ! A! ND ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Islands (U.S.) ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! South Bay of ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! BANGKOK !! ! ! ! ! MANILA 5. Cambodia - Authorities have warned that recent heavy rain could Bengal ! ! ! 5 u" trigger flash floods in 13 of the country's 24 provinces. Sea Guam (U.S.) CAMBODIA M A R S H A L L Source: Media, GoC I S L A N D S SRI LANKA BRUNEI Precipitation Forecast - Most of Indonesia and northern Philippines are forecasted to receive greater than average rainfall. Otherwise COLOMBO ! DARUSSALAM P A L A U M I C R O N E S I A ( F S O ) precipitation around the region is likely to be 'normal', meaning that it will follow historical patterns. MALDIVES M A L A Y S I A K I R I B A T I Source: IRI SINGAPORE N A U R U IN DI A N OC E A N 4 I N D O N E S I A JAKARTA y" ! P A P U A S O L O M O N T U V A L U N E W G U I N E A I S L A N D S Tokelau (N.Z.) TIMOR-LESTE ! PORT MORESBY Wallis and SAMOA 7 APIA PAGO Futuna (Fra.) PAGO V A N U A T U SUVA ! ALOFI New Caledonia (Fra.) F I J I Niue (N.Z.) NUKU'ALOFA A U S T R A L I A TONGA 1,000 km ! OCHA Office or Presence Map Doc Name: Volcano OCHA_ROAP-Sitmap_120918 y" ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Map data source(s): ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Flooded Areas ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! UN Cartographic Section, Food and Agriculture GLIDE Number(s): Paths Organization (FAO), Europa Technology, GDACS, n/a PDC, IRI. Disclaimers: The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. N E W Z E A L A N D