ASIA AND THE PACIFIC Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot 31 March - 06 April 2020

VANUATU Inactive Watch MYANMAR Watch Alert MONGOLIA Tropical Cyclone Harold made Alert The humanitarian situation in landfall in Vanuatu as a category El Niño Paletwa Township, Chin State, DPR KOREA 5 cyclone on 6 April with Pyongyang along with several townships JAPAN La Niña sustained winds of more than 200 km/h. Kabul RO KOREA across Rakhine State, remains severe due CHINA The northern provinces of Sanma, Kobe LA NIÑA/EL NIÑO LEVEL to the ongoing conflict between the AFGHANISTAN Islamabad Malampa and Penama are most affected. BHUTAN Source: Commonwealth of Australia Bureau of Meteorology Myanmar Armed Forces and the Arakan Due to its path across the centre of NEPAL Army. As of 25 March, humanitarian actors PAKISTAN Vanuatu, TC Harold has directly impacted report over 4,300 IDPs in Paletwa on a large number of populated islands PACIFIC Township – a 60 per cent increase and the large island of Santo with the MYANMAR compared to earlier reports. This week, the INDIA country’s second largest city Luganville. OCEAN BANGLADESH VIET NAM South World Food Programme delivered a According to the latest satellite analysis LAO PDR China Northern Mariana two-months’ ration of emergency food Sea Islands (US) based on the cyclone track and wind Yangon THAILAND Manila assistance and basic non-food relief speed zones and the population data, at Bangkok Guam (US) supplies to some 2,600 most vulnerable least 112,000 people would be potentially Bay of CAMBODIA internally displaced people (IDPs) in the PHILIPPINES exposed to the strong winds greater than Bengal Samee town of Paletwa Township. This 120km/h. Mobile phone networks on the BRUNEI PALAU FEDERATED MARSHALL complemented earlier food and non-food islands were still down as of 7 April. Two DARUSSALAM STATES OF ISLANDS relief support to some 2,800 people by an SRI LANKA MICRONESIA Aerial Surveillance Assessment team MALAYSIA international organization in late March. were deployed on 7 April to assess the MALDIVES Food assistance by international SINGAPORE KIRIBATI northern provinces and a Rapid Technical INDONESIA organizations within Paletwa town, NAURU Assessment Team is scheduled to be INDIAN however, is yet to take place. Violence has deployed on the ground as soon as OCEAN also disrupted land and waterway 1 conditions allow. PAPUA NEW transportation to the township, which led Jakarta GUINEA SOLOMON ISLANDS to a shutdown of supply chains and PHILIPPINES TIMOR-LESTE Harold TUVALU TOKELAUincreased food insecurity and prices, affecting both IDPs and host PRECIPITATION FORECAST VANUATU communities.SAMOA 3 Some 5,000 migrants are The precipitation forecast for the May-Jun-Jul season indicates that precipitation is very likely to be below normal FIJI expected to return to Basilan, across the Philippines, Thailand, and Malaysia. Above Suva Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi provinces normal precipitation is likely in Indonesia, as well as Sri AFGHANISTANNIUE FRENCH POLYNESIA from Malaysia. The returnees will be Lanka and the Marshall Islands. TONGA TONGA COOK ISLANDS quarantined on an isolated island as a NEW Source: IRI, Columbia University. Mar 2020 AUSTRALIA With the onset of the rainy season, preventive measure against the spread of CALEDONIA PITCAIRN severe flooding was reported COVID-19. According to UNICEF, the Above normal across many provinces in province of Sulu is expected to receive Afghanistan over the past week. Provincial 700 migrants with the provincial Normal authorities and humanitarian partners government prioritizing the construction Below normal coordinated joint needs assessments to of WASH facilities in Bubuan Island, a NEW ZEALAND reach affected areas and respond to remote island with no water source, in the humanitarian needs. This year, more than municipality of Hadji Panglima Tahil. The 14,000 people were affected by floods, provincial authorities also communicated landslides and avalanches. To date, 480 the need for food, shelter/NFIs. The OCHA presence families (approximately 3,360 people) Mindanao Humanitarian Team led by The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official

OCHA is coordinating with BARMM and endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. were provided with emergency shelter and household items.4 the provincial authorities to identify Creation date: 08 Apr 2020. Feedback: [email protected] www.unocha.org/roap Sources: 1. PHT, UNOSAT . 2. OCHA, UNICEF, MHT. 3. WFP, humanitarian actors. 4. OCHA. 2 support requirements. For the latest information related to COVID-19 please see: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/events-as-they-happen.