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United Nations / Ujedinjene nacije / Уједињене нације Office of the Resident Coordinator / Ured rezidentnog koordinatora / Уред резидентног координатора Bosnia and Herzegovina / Bosna i Hercegovina / Босна и Херцеговина Bosnia and Herzegovina – Flood Disaster Situation Report June 10, 2014 HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES: ! The Federal and the RS meteorological Institutes report that the weather conditions will be getting better and that temperatures will be rising; ! Federal and Republic of Srpska Hydrological Report indicates that water levels are in most locations going down. ! UNICEF is continuing to collect data on WASH from its partners and the field. ! In most locations water systems have been re-established, water is still not potable in many areas; ! Epidemiological situation is stable and no outbreaks have been reported in flood-stricken areas. ! Doboj, Maglaj, Olovo, Una-Sana Canton and Posavina regions at the basin of Bosna, Krivaja and Usora rivers have been identified as mine and UXOs suspected areas; ! Number of persons accommodated in temporary accommodation facilities 1560. Number of temporary accommodation facilities reported to be 39. Disclaimer: This document is for information-sharing purposes only. As the information contained in this document is from multiple sources it cannot be independently verified by the UN in all cases. Zmaja od Bosne bb, Sarajevo 71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina Tel: (387-33) 293 428 / Fax: (387-33) 552 330 / www.un.ba SITUATION OVERVIEW: Most affected areas ! Federation: Sarajevo Canton (most affected municipalities: Novi Grad, Ilidza, Vogosca), Zenica- Doboj Canton (most affected municipalities: Tesanj, Zepce, Maglaj, Doboj Jug, Zavidovići i Olovo), Tuzla canton (13 municipalities of which the most affected are: Srebrenik, Tuzla, Lukavac, Gračanica, Sapna and Doboj Istok), Central Bosnia Canton (Travnik and Vitez surrounding areas), Posavina Canton (most affected municipalities: Orašje, Domaljevac, Odžak). ! RS: The most affected municipalities are Banja Luka, Kotor Varos Laktasi, Ribnik, Kostajnica, Prijedor, Jezero, Novi Grad; Bijeljina, Bratunac, Vlasenica, Zvornik, Lopare, Milići, Osmaci, Ugljevik, Srebrenica, Sekovići; Doboj, Modrica, Samac, Brod, Donji Zabar, Vukosavlje, Petrovo, Srbac. More municipalities have been affected but were not covered by the reporting institution. ! Brcko District (Source: OKC BiH 112 Report, 10 June 2014) Landslides Local authorities have been taking necessary measures to evacuate the population in danger and to keep the landslides under control. (Source: OKC 112 Report, 10 June, 2014) Weather Conditions The Federal and the RS meteorological Institute report that the weather will in most parts of the country be sunny, with possible local outbursts of rain and thunder, temperatures will be rising in all parts of the country. (Source: Federal and Republic of Srpska Meteorological Report, 10 June, 2014) Water Levels Federal and Republic of Srpska Hydrological Report indicates that water levels are in most locations going down: FBiH Hydrological Report, 10 June, 2014: RIVER STATION EARLY WARNING VALUE WATERLEVELS, STATU WATERLEVELS FHMZ COUNTINUOUS S (cm) I CZ (CM) UNA BIHAĆ – BIHAĆ 90 34 100 ● SANA SANSKI MOST 240 137 250 ▼ MILJACKA SARAJEVO 180 116 - ▼ BOSNA RELJEVO 280 131 300 ▼ ZENICA 200 165 - ▼ JALA TUZLA 90 28 100 ● Republic of Srpska Hydrological Report, 10 June, 2014: Zmaja od Bosne bb, Sarajevo 71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina Tel: (387-33) 293 428 / Fax: (387-33) 552 330 www.un.ba RIJEKA STATION WATERLEVEL FLUX STATUS (cm) (m3/s) SAVA GRADIŠKA 164 - ▼ SRBAC 312 - ▼ UNA NOVI GRAD-uzv. 133 - ▲ NOVI GRAD-niz. 44 125 ▼ SANA PRIJEDOR 38 30,1 ▼ DONJI RIBNIK - - - RIBNIK GORNJI RIBNIK 46 - ▼ VRBAS BANJA LUKA 125 53,7 ▼ DELIBAŠINO SELO 78 55,5 ▼ VRBANJA VRBANJA 40 1,8 ▼ CRNA RIJEKA MRKONJIĆ GRAD 24 - ● TREBIŠNJICA TREBINJE 7 - ● BOSNA DOBOJ -91 70,8 ▼ NERETVA ULOG -47 1,0 ▼ WASH: UNICEF is continuing to collect data on WASH from its partners: ! After more than 3 weeks operations, EU Civil Protection operation has come to the end. ! There are still Austrian, German and Swedish water purification teams in the field and it is foreseen that water purification operations will continue until the second week of July. ! UNICEF is procuring a high capacity pump (240 m3/hr) for Maglaj health authorities and 59 kits of smaller pumps (4m3/hr) with generators, disinfectant sprinklers and dryers to be distributed to heath ministries in all entities ! Water testing capacity, water storage, and health related communication material is also in the pipeline and will be distributed to education facilities, local authorities, and vulnerable communities (i.e. Roma) ! In total the UN (UNFPA and UNICEF) has procured more than 5,000 hygiene kits ! Next WASH coordination meeting Thursday 19 June at 10AM after the IC meeting. (Source: UNICEF, 10 June 2014) Health: ! Epidemiological situation is stable, with no infectious disease outbreaks recorded. Health authorities in BiH are finalizing activities to reduce risks for vector-borne transmission of certain diseases, which include aerial mosquito spraying in the flood-affected areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. The initial round of aerial spraying started on 6 June, with spraying of flood-affected municipalities in Federation of BIH, Republika Srpska and Brcko District. ! Final delivery of two Interagency Emergency Health Kits (IEHK) provided by WHO to the Ministry of Health of the Federation of BiH and the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of the Republika Srpska was organized on 6 June, and the kits were sent to Zenica and Banja Luka respectively. ! Second UN Health Sector Coordination Meeting under the lead of WHO took place on 4 June, with participation of the representatives of all health authorities in BiH (Ministry of Civil Affairs of BiH, Ministry of Health of the Federation of BiH, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of the Republika Srpska and Department of Health and Other Services of the Brcko District BiH) and international partners who are working/helping recovery of the health sector in BiH. In this meeting, the overview of Zmaja od Bosne bb, Sarajevo 71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina Tel: (387-33) 293 428 / Fax: (387-33) 552 330 www.un.ba the situation and the immediate needs was given by the health authorities in BIH, progress in preparing health chapter of PDNA presented, and the support provided and planned from the international community discussed in detail. (WHO, Friday 6 June, 2014) Mines and UXOs: Doboj, Maglaj, Olovo, Una-Sana Canton and Posavina regions at the basin of Bosna, Krivaja and Usora rivers have been identified as mine and UXOs suspected areas (BH MAC) (Source: BH MAC and Civil Protection Agencies): ! AP mines: 25 ! UXO: 956 + 25, 107 SALW ammunition= 26,603 ! EOD teams, entity civil protection, civil protection Brcko District and the NPA are in mine suspected areas at risk from the disaster. ! AP mines: 43 ! UXO: 416 + 6,400 pieces of SALW ammunition= 6,816 (Source: OKC 112 Report, Friday 6 June, 2014) Displaced persons and temporary accommodation facilities ! Number of temporary accommodation facilities: 55 - people Number Of Temporary Accommodation Facilities Number of People Accomodated RS 14 532 FBiH 22 963 District Brcko 3 65 TOTAL 39 1560 (Source: IOM field assessment, Saturday, June 10, 2014) Humanitarian response and early recovery ! Most flooded areas are now dry including Posavina. Cleaning and disinfection are ongoing. In areas where water-piping system is not working, cleaning activities are a challenge. ! Analysis of public and official wells is ongoing. Next aim will be to start sampling of private wells. ! Debris removal and disinfection of soil and buildings is on-going. ! Continuation of re-establishment of services (electricity and water, transportation, road traffic, etc.). ! There is on-going need to assist farmers in re-planting during June and to ensure that livestock is preserved in the most severely affected areas. ! Emerging priorities are soil decontamination, replanting of seeds in time for the crops season, livestock repopulation, feed for livestock, housing, reestablishment of services from the Zmaja od Bosne bb, Sarajevo 71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina Tel: (387-33) 293 428 / Fax: (387-33) 552 330 www.un.ba municipalities and reconstruction of the industrial and commercial network, thus providing livelihood to affected populations. Damages to infrastructure ! Highway M-17 Maglaj-Doboj (in Kosova) is functional. ! Portion of highway M-14.1 Lončari-Brčko is not functional. ! Landslides have caused four regional roads 16.1 Klašnice-Prnjavor (Čardačani), M-19 Šepak- Vlasenica and Zvornik-Bijeljina, M-20 Bileća-Gacko (Stepen), regional roads Konjević Polje- Fakovići and Tišća-Caparde, to be partially closed. Furthermore landslides have cused a complete blockage of roads: R-458 Lopare-Gornja Tuzla in Veselinovac Bratunac-Drinjača and Šekovići- Kaštelj, R-480 Banja Luka-Klašnice reg.putu (Derviši-Klašnice). ! Samac and Brcko border crossing closed. (Source: BIHAMK, 10 June 2014, 14:00) COORDINATION • Ongoing coordination with the Ministries of Security and Defense, the Ops Center, as well as entity, cantonal and local civil defense. • Nine sessions of the International Community Coordination Meetings have been hosted by UN Resident Coordinator. Sessions will continue every Monday and Thursday until further notice. • WASH, Education / Child Friendly Spaces, Health, Mine Action and Psychosocial Support Coordination Meetings are taking place and Early