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Windstorm and Rainfall Damages to IDP Sites Flash Report (18 June DTM Flash Report Windstorm and Rainfall Damages to IDP Sites Nigeria IOM DTM Rapid Assessment Maiduguri, Jere, Damboa and Konduga LGA (Local Government Area) 18 June 2020 SUMMARY PP PPPP 126 Households 405 Individuals 10 sites 70 Damaged shelters 24 Damaged toilets 1 Damaged shower points With the onset of the rainy season in Nigeria’s conict-affected MARTE NGANZAI NGALA northeastern State of Borno, varying degrees of damages are MAGUMERI 115 expected to infrastructures (self-made and constructed) in camps MAFA KALA/BALGE P JERE MAIDUGURI DIKWA and camp-like settings. This is so because the rains are more often P P PP than not accompanied by very high winds and have been known to P P 96 cause serious damage to properties. P KAGA P On 18 June 2020, IOM’s DTM program carried out an assessment to KONDUGA 182 BAMA ascertain the level of damage sustained in camps and camp-like settings due to heavy windstorm and rainfall on the 17th of June 2020. Overall, 10 camps were affected in Maiduguri, Jere, Damboa P GWOZA ± and konduga LGAs. The worst-hit of the camps assessed was the DAMBOA 12 XXX Affected individuals 400 Housing Estate (Gubio Camp) in Konduga where a heavy rainfall per LGA P left 15 makeshift shelters damaged, 15 damaged toilets and an Affected sites CHIBOK Number of sites per LGA 0 15 30 60 Km 1 - 4 estimated 182 individuals without shelter. ASKIRA/UBA 5 - 10 The maps in this report are for illustra�on purposes only. The depic�on and use of boundaries, geographic names, and related data shown on maps and included in this report are not warranted to be error free nor do they imply judgment on the legal status of any territory, or any endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries by IOM Other affected camps are: Low cost Camp in Damboa LGA; NYSC Camp, Teacher’s Village Camp, Yajiwa Camp, Goni Kyarimi Camp in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC); Faria Gidan Block Camp, Wakshama Camp, Al-Yakub Camp managed by Norwegian Refugee Council in Jere LGA and 250 Housing Estate (Dalori II) in Konduga LGA. There is a major need of shelter, shelter repair kits, construction and sanitation materials as a preparedness measure in all camps, provision of basic NFI as well as reconstruction of damaged toilets and shower areas. No casualty was reported. Damages at IDP Sites 18th June 2020 NUMBER OF NUMBER OF NUMBER OF NUMBER OF NUMBER OF LGA SITE ID SITE NAME CAUSE OF INCIDENT AFFECTED AFFECTED DAMAGED DAMAGED DAMAGED SHOWER HOUSEHOLDS INDIVIDUALS SHELTERS TOILETS POINTS DAMBOA BO_S259 LOW COST CAMP RAINFALL 3 12 3 2 0 TOTAL DAMBOA 3 12 3 2 0 JERE BO_S068 FARIA GIDAN BLOCK CAMP WINDSTORM 3 13 3 0 0 JERE BO_S249 WAKSHAMA WINDSTORM 0 0 0 1 0 JERE BO_S250 AL-YAKUB WINDSTORM 41 102 41 0 0 TOTAL JERE 44 115 44 1 0 KONDUGA BO_S017 400 HOUSING ESTATE (GUBIO CAMP) RAINFALL 56 182 15 15 0 KONDUGA BO_S021 250 HOUSING ESTATE (DALORI II) WINDSTORM 0 0 0 1 0 TOTAL KONDUGA 56 182 15 16 0 MAIDUGURI M. C. BO_S009 NYSC CAMP BORNO WINDSTORM 18 71 3 0 0 MAIDUGURI M. C. BO_S014 TEACHERS VILLAGE WINDSTORM 0 0 0 0 1 MAIDUGURI M. C. BO_S117 YAJIWA CAMP RAINFALL 2 8 2 1 0 MAIDUGURI M. C. BO_S232 GONI KYARIMI RAINFALL 3 17 3 4 0 TOTAL MAIDUGURI M. C. 23 96 8 5 1 GRAND TOTAL 126 405 70 24 1 DATA SOURCE: IOM-DTM RAPID ASSESSMENT TEAM "When quo�ng, paraphrasing, or in any other way using the informa�on men�oned in this report, the source needs to be stated appropriately as follows: “Source: The Interna�onal Organiza�on for Migra�on [June, 2020], Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM)”" Henry Kwenin, DTM Project Coordinator| [email protected] Dave Bercasio, Head of Sub-Office | [email protected].
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