Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (30 Sep - 7 Oct 2014) INDIA JAPAN Floods in Assam and Meghalaya States in north eastern India which commenced According to the Japan Meteorological on 20 Sep have claimed 95 lives and left Agency, Typhoon Phanfone has moved tens of thousands of people homeless. The northeastward off the coast of Tohoku, worst affected areas are the districts of MONGOLIA after making landfall near the city of Goalpara, Kamrup and Boko in Assam and the Hamamatsu and continuing to Tokyo DPR KOREA metropolitan area. Three people are missing areas of Tura and Garo Hills area in Meghalaya. Phanfone At least 130,000 houses have been destroyed after being swept away by waves and about and over 87,000 hectares of crops are ten people have been injured due to damaged. JAPAN storm-related incidents. Close to 200,000 CHINA RO KOREA households in eastern Japan were urged to Kobe 95 dead evacuate due to fears of landslides or flooding BHUTAN as rivers threatened to burst their banks. This 4 NEPAL includes 20,000 in Tokyo. houses destroyed 130,000 Kathmandu PACIFIC The Armed Forces as well as National and State INDIA Dhaka OCEAN 3 missing Disaster Response Forces have been deployed Vongfong to undertake rescue and relief operations. An MYANMAR urged to evacuate additional three National Disaster Response LAO VIET 200,000 BANGLADESH NAM Force battalions have been requested to support PDR South relief efforts. NGOs are supporting numerous Yangon Northern Mariana Meanwhile Typhoon Phanfone forced Bay of THAILAND China relief camps and distributing essential items Islands (US) authorities to suspend the search for Manila Guam (US) including clothes, rice, bottled water and Bengal Bangkok CAMBODIA Sea those still missing at Mt Ontake. Search candles. Authorities have announced PHILIPPINES activities resumed earlier today, 7 Oct. compensation for the families of those killed and More than 50 people are confirmed dead and committed to further assistance as further rain FEDERATED BRUNEI PALAU MARSHALL at least a dozen others are still missing when and flooding is expected over the coming Colombo STATES OF ISLANDS 1 SRI LANKA DARUSSALAM weeks. MICRONESIA the popular hiking destination erupted without warning on 27 Sep.5 MALDIVES SRI LANKA MALAYSIA SINGAPORE dead According to the Disaster Management NAURU 50 Centre, seven people died and 400 INDIAN INDONESIA people were affected by landslides and Typhoon Vongfong moved across collapsed buildings that were caused by OCEAN PAPUA NEW Guam and the Mariana Islands causing high winds and heavy rainfall in the southern Jakarta GUINEA SOLOMON minor damage to buildings and no TUVALU regions of Sri Lanka on 2 Oct. A total of nine TIMOR-LESTE ISLANDS injuries. The typhoon is expected to turn houses were destroyed and 93 houses partially PRECIPITATION FORECAST Port Moresby northeast by Wed, 11 Oct and move roughly damaged. The National Building Research Below normal rainfall is very likely across across the same path as Typhoon Panfone. Organization is issuing daily landslide warnings Indonesia, the Philippines and parts of northern Preliminary weather reports suggest that 2 to weather affected and risk prone areas. Australia. Above average rainfall is expected Vongfong will continue to intensify over the FIJI across Kiribati and the Marshall Islands. VANUATU next several days as it approaches Japan.6 7 dead Source: IRI, Columbia University. Sep 2014 Suva PHILIPPINES Above normal NEW evacuation centres 50 AUSTRALIA CALEDONIA Mount Mayon remains at alert level Normal three, on a five-level alert system. INDONESIA According to PHIVOLCS This alert Below normal refers to the presence of magma at the crater Mt. Sinabung in North Sumatra erupted and a hazardous eruption is possible within four times on 5 Oct spewing volcanic ash weeks. According to the NDRRMC over up to 3,000 meters into the sky with 57,500 people have been evacuated to 48 pyroclastic lava flow and avalanches hitting evacuation centres. Humanitarian partners will non-residential areas to the south of the crater. provide bi-lateral support to local support as The eruption did not trigger an evacuation. Mt. required.7 Sinabung remains active and alert status OCHA presence remains at Level 3 (second-highest level).3 70,000 people affected The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Feedback: [email protected] www.unocha.org/roap Creation date: 7 Oct 2014 Glide Number: VO-2014-000127-PHL, VO-2014-000135-JPN, TC-2014-000137-JPN Sources : 1. Media 2. DMC, NBRO 3. BNPB, PVMBG 4. JMA, Media 5. Media 6. Media 7. PHIVOLCS, NDRRMC, OCHA .