ASIA PACIFIC REGION 1 - 7 July 2014 Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot from the OCHA Regional Office in Asia and the Pacific

1 JAPAN Probability of Above/Below Category-4 Typhoon Neoguri is moving off the Philippines’ east coast up the Normal Precipitation p" Pacific Ocean towards Okinawa. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) (Jun - Aug 2014) issued heavy rain and thunder storm warnings in the southern areas of Japan. M O N G O L I A Kyushu and Chugoku areas are mainly affected by continuous monsoon rain, Above normal rainfall whereas the islands of Okinawa are more directly related to the approaching Typhoon. No damage or casualty has been reported so far. The State Minister of Disaster Management advised local authorities to issue early evacuation normal

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! ! ! ! 2 INDONESIA BHUTAN Landslides in Bogobaida (sub-district of Paniai), Papua on Friday evening, 4 NEPAL x" July 2014, claimed nine casualties and caused four people to go missing. KATHMANDU Several houses were severely damaged. Search and rescue operations PA C IF IC continue. I N D I A DHAKA Source: OCHA ! ! OC E A N ! ! 1 ! !

! ! ! ! MYANMAR VIETNAM p" NEOGURI 3 On Saturday afternoon, 5 July 2014, a 5.9-magnitute earthquake struck Nias LAO Utara, North Sumatra province. The epicenter was located in the sea BANGLADESH PDR r" approximately 95 km northwest of Nias Utara, at a depth of 10 km. There have South Northern Mariana been no reports of casualties or damage. YANGON Bay of THAILAND China MANILA Islands (U.S.) Source: USGS, OCHA Bengal Sea Guam (U.S.) BANGKOK 4 PAPUA NEW GUINEA CAMBODIA Flooding was reported in Baimuru and Kikori district in the Gulf province u" following continuous heavy rains during the month of June. On 4 July 2014, PHILIPPINES

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! ! 3 have been affected in Kikori and Baimuru district mostly. MALDIVES r" M A L A Y S I A Source: National Disaster Center SINGAPORE 5 Continuous rains in Hela and southern highland provinces have caused NAURU landslides. At least 10 landslips were reported in different areas along the 2 " IN DI A N x highland highway, which caused heavy traffic and havoc. Around 300,000 people have been estimated to be affected due to highway cut offs, which are I N D O N E S I Ax" P A P U A N E W6 OC E A N G U I N E A SOLOMON now being repaired. JAKARTA 5 x" r" ISLANDS TokeSlaource: OCHA 4 u" TUVALU (N.Z.) TIMOR-LESTE 6 A 6.6-magnitute earthquake struck New Britain Region on 4 July 2014. PORT MORESBY Christmas According to the National Disaster Centre, there are no reports of damage or r" casualties. OCHA is monitoring the situation. Cocos (Keeling) Island (Aus.) SAMOA Islands (Aus.) Source: USGS, OCHA

F I J I 7 PHILIPPINES V A N U A T U Heavy rains continued to affect much of the country with intermittent incidents SUVA Nu"iue (oNf .Zflo.)oding. The number of affected municipalities in Maguindanao has increased to 18, but still no displacements or evacuations took place. Overall, N E W TONtGheA flooding affected 19,837 families (99,185 individuals) in 133 barangays. Source: NDRRMC A U S T R A L I A C A L E D O N I A 1,000 km Map Doc Name: OCHA_ROAP_Sitmap_140701 GLIDE number(s) Map data source(s): 2014-000079-PHL (Philippines) UN Cartographic Section, GDACS, PDC, Unisys. OCHA Office or Presence Precipitation forecast: The International Research Institute for Climate and Society - May 2014. Forecast for the Jun-Jul-Aug season. Disclaimers: The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties.