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OCHA Regional Office for Asia Pacific Papua New Guinea: Cyclone Guba & Oro Province Issued: 7 December 2007 GMT + 10 Situation Category 1 Tropical Cyclone Guba struck Papua New Guinea 12-16 November 2007, bringing torrential rains and high tides which have caused severe flooding in Oro and Milne Bay provinces in the east of the country. INDONESIA PAPUA NEW KIRA RURAL GUINEA The Government of PNG reports that 145,000 people are affected in Sohe and Ijivitari districts and Popondetta Town in Oro Province alone, while the provincial Police report to date some 71 casualties, with at least 13,000 SOHE displaced. However, comprehensive and verified data is not yet available. ORO BAY RURAL Oro province remains virtually cut off, with most access TAMATA RURAL possible only by air or sea. The provincial capital, AUSTRALIA Popondetta, which has a population of 20,000, has no GOILALA functioning source of potable water, after treatment plants and tanks were severely damaged. Numerous roads and bridges have been made HIGATURU impassable by landslides or washed away by floodwater, RURAL including the road to Oro airport. There are also reports of houses in some villages being washed away, as well as crops and livestock. Map Details: POPONDETTA URBAN Shaded areas have been derived from voronoi polygons that represent view sheds for populated locations. Locations based upon the PNG national census of 2000. KOKODA RURAL This depiction represents the assessed number of persons affected in Oro Province. KAIRUKU/HIRI Affected Population AFORE RURAL Capital Null value or no data CAPE NELSON RURAL Populated place Less than 100 IJIVITARI District boundary 101 - 500 Flood affected dist Port Moresby 501 - 1000 04020 RIGO Greater than 1000 Kilometers Datum: WGS84 Map data source: UN Cartographic Section, Global Discovery, FAO, Oro PDC, OCHA Situation Report ALOTAU UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Regional Office for Asia Pacific (ROAP) Executive Suite, 2nd Floor, UNCC Building Rajdamnern Nok Ave, Bangkok 10200, Thailand http://ochaonline.un.org/roap The names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations Map Ref: OCHA_PNG_ORO_Floods_v2_071206.

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