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-PACIFIC REGION 7-13 AUGUST 2009 Natural Disaster Events being monitored by the OCHA Regional Office for the Asia-Pacific

JAPAN Legend Typhoon Etau caused flooding in with western Hyogo prefecture being the most affected !\! OCHA office or presence 14 people died 18 missing A series of strong earthquakes were reported on the !\ Country capital 9th, 10th, and 13th of August and ranged in magnitude Heavy Rainfall has caused more flooding and landslides !\ from 6.4 to 7.1. No casaulties or damage was reported !( Major town or city in Nepal during recent weeks. The latest incidents took place although a tsunami warning (low level) was issued on in in Koshi Zone and district 13 Aug. in Sagarmatha Zone. Source: NEIC Earthquake 27 people died 769 families affected Storm Tracks Source: OCHA Areas affected by Rains, D.P.R. Flooding, or Landslides !\ PYONGYANG !\ Areas affected by Drought Typhoon Morakot struch Eastern China on 9 August, affecting nearly 8.8 million people in the provinces of Fujian, Zhejiang, !\ Jiangxi, and Anhui. Affected Countries Jammu Aksai 8 people died R.O. JAPAN !\ Chin 2 missing & 1.4 million were relocated KOREA Kashmir more than 6,000 houses destroyed Map Doc Name: Source: Xinhua, Gov't of China OCHA_ROAP-Sitmap_090813

PUNJAB ANHUI GLIDE Number: (China) TC-2009-000150-CHN SAGARMATHA (China) TC-2009-000150-TWN NEW () FF-2009-000152-PHL DELHI NEPAL CHINA ZHEJIANG () FL-2009-000155-LAO !\ KOSHI (Laos) FF-2009-000154-LAO HARYANA !\! !\ Arunashal E t JIANGXI UTTAR Pradesh a Creation Date: 6 Aug 2009 PRADESH u Projection/Datum: Behrmann FUJIAN !( Web Resources: http://ochaonline.un.org/roap Nominal Scale at A4 paper size: !\ M o r a k o t 1:32,000,000 PHONGSALY PACIFIC 0 600 1,200 OCEAN LAO !\ LAO P.D.R. PROVINCE OF CHINA Kilometers P.D.R. On 13 Aug heavy rains caused Typhoon Morakot struck Taiwan on 7-9 August causing flooding in Phongsaly Province, severe flooding and landslides in eastern and southern regions. affecting 10 villages and damaging As of 12 Aug: Map data source(s): !\ 17 houses. Flooding was also 103 people died UN Cartographic Section, Food and Agriculture YANGON reported in Khammoune Province Organization (FAO), Global Discovery, INDIA AND BANGLADESH 45 injured INDIA !\! KHAMMOUANE Source: NDNO, GLIDE GDACS, UNISYS A drought-like situation is developing in parts of India (Punjab, 61 missing Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh) and Bangladesh (Northern and Nearly 14,000 people have been rescued Disclaimers: Central Regions). The rain deficit is affecting water supplies and Source: CNA, Gov't !( VIET The designations employed and the farmers in the affected areas of both countries are reportedly facing !\! presentation of material on this map do not electricity and fuel shortages or higher costs for pumping water for !\! NAM !( imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever irrigation. The latest report from the Indian Gov't expects improved on the part of the Secretariat of the United rainfall in the coming weeks. Nations concerning the legal status of any Source: FAO, Gov't India !\ PHILIPPINES country, territory, city or area or of its PHILIPPINES Typhoon Morakot has disrupted the normal monsoon authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its PHNOM rains causing heavy flooding in parts of the Philippines. frontiers or boundaries. PENH S o u t h he affected areas were 118 baranguays of Regions I, II, SRI C h i n a III, VI, XI and the CAR and NCR S e a 24 dead LANKA 18 injured KOROR INDIA BANDAR 2 missing !\ !\ !\! A massive Earthquake struck the Andaman 18,618 families/94,211 people were affected PALIKIR !\ SRI Islands on 10 Aug. The quake measured SERI Of these, 2,228 families/9,536 people were sent JAYEWARDENEPURA 7.6 M. No casaulties or damage was reported. BEGAWAN to 18 evacuation centers. MALÉ Source: NEIC DARUSSALAM !\ 57 houses damaged. !\ KOTTE Source: Gov't !\ !\ !\

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