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ASIA and the PACIFIC Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot 12 - 18 May 2020 ASIA AND THE PACIFIC Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot 12 - 18 May 2020 INDIA & BANGLADESH PHILIPPINES Inactive Watch Watch Alert MONGOLIA On 16 May, Tropical Cyclone Following initial landfall in Eastern Alert Amphan formed in the Bay of Samar on 14 May, Category 3 El Niño DPR KOREA Bengal and began moving north Typhoon Vongfong moved Pyongyang JAPAN La Niña towards the coasts of north-east India and northwest over mainland Luzon bringing Kabul RO KOREA CHINA west Bangladesh. As of 18 May, its centre destructive winds and intense rainfall. Kobe LA NIÑA/EL NIÑO LEVEL Islamabad was located approximately 600 km According to initial reports, over 1,100 AFGHANISTAN BHUTAN Source: Commonwealth of Australia Bureau of Meteorology houses were destroyed and 6,300 were south-east of Visakhapatnam City in India partially damaged in Eastern Samar PAKISTAN NEPAL and 1,000 km south-west of the coastal Province, including nine health facilities area of Barisal in Bangladesh. Amphan is and the only COVID-19 accredited testing INDIA PACIFIC projected to continue moving north over VIET NAM laboratory for Bicol Region. It is MYANMAR OCEAN the Bay of Bengal and is estimated to BANGLADESH LAO PDR make landfall somewhere on the coast of estimated that more than 40,000 farmers Northern Mariana have been affected by damages to farm South Islands (US) southern West Bengal (India) and southern Yangon THAILAND Manila land and production losses. Eastern China Barisal Division (Bangladesh) on 20 May. Bangkok Sea Vongfong Guam (US) Samar declared a State of Calamity and CAMBODIA The Needs Assessment Working Group Amphan PHILIPPINES has requested the national government to (NAWG) in Bangladesh estimates that activate quick response funds as local 14.2 million people across 9 districts are Bay of PALAU FEDERATED MARSHALL calamity funds were already depleted for BRUNEI exposed to the cyclone. In India, the Bengal DARUSSALAM STATES OF ISLANDS SRI LANKA MICRONESIA the COVID-19 response. OCHA and MALAYSIA Government of West Bengal and Odisha partners of the inter-cluster coordination has issued an advisory for the necessary MALDIVES group are currently undertaking a remote SINGAPORE KIRIBATI evacuation of people from vulnerable assessment of the impact of the typhoon INDIAN NAURU locations. The National Disaster Response through local partners.1 OCEAN Force have been deployed for the PAPUA NEW INDONESIA evacuation of nearly 1.1. million people. GUINEA Jakarta SOLOMON Heavy rain and strong winds are forecast ISLANDS houses destroyed 1,100 PRECIPITATION FORECAST TIMOR-LESTE TUVALU TOKELAUover Odisha on 18-20 May as well as over The precipitation forecast for the Jun-Jul-Aug season West Bengal (India) and southern indicates that precipitation is very likely to be below normal Bangladesh on 19-21 May. Storm surge is VANUATU SAMOA FIJI across the Philippines, Mongolia, much of mainland also expected over these regions on 20-21 Southeast Asia, as well as many Pacific nations especially FIJI Suva May. In Fiji, a total of 610 people are Tuvalu and Kiribati. Above normal precipitation is likely across Indonesia, especially Borneo and Sulawesi. Above NIUE FRENCH POLYNESIA still hosted in 79 evacuation normal rainfall is also forecast in Malaysia, much of Harold TONGA centers in the Central (8) and Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and southeastern India. COOK ISLANDS NEW Source: IRI, Columbia University. May 2020 AUSTRALIA Eastern (71) Divisions respectively after CALEDONIA PITCAIRN being displaced by Tropical Cyclone Above normal Harold over one month ago. The humanitarian response in ongoing and is Normal focusing on water and sanitation, food security, shelter, and health response Below normal activities. An allocation from the UN NEW ZEALAND Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has been approved with US$1M to provide assistance to 200,000 people in OCHA presence need. The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official For the latest information related to COVID-19 endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. please see: https://www.who.int/emergen- Creation date: 19 May 2020. Feedback: [email protected] www.unocha.org/roap . Sources: 1.DRRMC, DA, Eastern Samar LGU. 2. OCHA, PHT. 3. NDMA, NAWG. cies/diseases/novel-coronavi- For the latest information related to COVID-19 please see: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/events-as-they-happen. rus-2019/events-as-they-happen..
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