Minbu Myanmar: Tropical CycloneTaungdwingyi Nargis (as of 16 May 2008) Cyclone Nargis Track • Population in disaster-declared GMT +6:30 areas: approx. 24 million CHINA • In Yangon: approx. 6 million INDIA • UN est.: 1.6 - 2.5 million people SITUATION severely affected • 78,000 dead MYANMAR 4 May • Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar • 56,000 missing LAO P.D.R. on 2 and 3 May 2008, sweeping • 1,430 injured 3 May Toungoo through the Ayeyarwady Delta • >550,000 in temporary shelters 2 May THAILAND region and the country’s largest • 20% of children in affected areas city, Yangon. suffering from diarrhoea CAMBODIA • Food, shelter, medical supplies • 3,000 schools destroyed/ damages MYANMAR ANDAMAN and water are critical needs affecting 500,000 children SEA Pyu Gulf of • growing risk of an outbreak of • WFP dispatched >1,195 tons of Myanaung Thailand food and distributed 571 tons of infectious disease food to 159,900 beneficiaries Bago Logistics • 27 flights with relief items landed to date; 32 more • Before the cyclone, Travelling times to reach population centres in planned or confirmed to arrive 30% chronic and 9% some affected areas (in hours): Nyaunglebin accute malnutrition Yangon - Kyaiklat 3.0 by road • 79 international staff and 1,574 Bay of • Nutrition assessment Yangon - Bogale 4.5 by road national staff in Myanmar as of completed; analysis Yangon - Pyapon 3.5 by road 30 April 2008 Bengal in process Pyapon - Mawlamyinegyun 1.5 by river (motorised boat) Source: World Vision (as of 14 May 2008) I r LINKS a Thanatpin • WFP set up two Ayeyarwady w Kyaikto a temporary d Flash Appeal 2008: 201 million USD • Latest updates for Myanmar: d Yangon warehouses, one • 20,000 people y Kayin 21% covered - 41 million USD Tropical Cyclone Nargis for food, the other in 20 camps Yandoon Thaton (as of 17 May 2008) • Related maps for non-food items • 50% of village Hlaingtharya for other agencies destroyed Syriam Kayan Visa status reported • 150,000 people in Tak Pathein Twante (as of 14 May 2008) 117 camps Wakema Thongwa NGOs 46 granted Yangon Martaban 1 UN Agencies 36 granted Kyaiklat Disclaimers: Donors, ECHO, 5 granted 2 3 The boundaries and names shown and the Yangon and Pathein SwissAid Mawlamyinegyun Pyapon Mudon designations used on all maps do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the 4 sea ports reopened Labutta Bogale United Nations. 5 THAILAND The data and information represented originates from public sources as indicated. 16,000 people in Kyaikkami Mon ReliefWeb makes every effort to use the latest 6 31 camps available data and to ensure that its products are accurate, complete and timely, but no 20,000 people warranties are made to this effect. Comments Coordination in 50 camps are welcome to [email protected]. centre in operation Creation date: 17 May 2008 Map sources: UNCS, UNISYS, UNOSAT, Europa Gulf of Technologies (Global Discovery), MIMU. International Boundary Population Estimates Priority Townships Mottama Narrative and statistical sources: from Global Discovery data (underserved by relief responses) UN OCHA. OCHA Situation Report No.’s 9 - 12. Administrative Boundary (Gulf of Martaban) Ye Priority Township FTS. Requirements per sector (as of 17 May Affected Areas > 1,000,000 2008) - http://www.reliefweb.int/fts 100,000 - 1,000,000 Satellite-Detected Flood Waters 1 Wakema 4 Dedaye 10,000 - 100,000 2 Mawlamyinegyun 5 Pyapon 0 50 Initial UN (national staff) < 10,000 www.reliefweb.int deployment locations 3 Kyaiklat 6 Bogale Km Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs United Nations.