ASIA-PACIFIC REGION 3 - 9 MAR 2010 Natural Disasters and Other Events being monitored by the OCHA Regional Office for the Asia-Pacific Probability of Above/Below Legend ULAANBAATAR Normal Precipitation 1 MONGOLIA Mar to May 2010 OCHA Office or Presence Above normal rainfall Country Capital BEIJING D P R K O R E A PYONGYANG Territory Capital AKSAI SEOUL normal CHIN Affected Areas C H I N A R O K O R E A TOKYO JAMMU J A PA N KASHMIR Earthquake ARUNASHAL Below Normal Rainfall PRADESH NEW DELHI N E P A L Source: The International Research Institute for Climate and Society - Feb 2010 Forecast for the Mar-Apr-May season B H U TA N KATHMANDU THIMPHU TAIPEI DHAKA M YA N M A R Map Doc Name: 2 OCHA_ROAP-Sitmap_100309 I N D I A HANOI L A O GLIDE Number(s): 7 N o r t h e r n P D R South EQ-2010-00043-TWN (Taiwan-Prov. of China) VIENTIANE M a r i a n a PACIF IC B A N G L A D E S H China CW-2010-000010-MNG (Mongolia) YANGON I s l a n d s ( U . S . ) OCEA N Sea SAIPAN Creation Date: 9 March 2010 T H A I L A N D MANILA Bay of Projection/Datum: BANGKOK AGANA Behrmann/WGS84 Bengal C A M B O D I A Web Resources: http://ochaonline.un.org/roap PHNOM PENH P H I L I P P I N E S G u a m ( U . S . ) 6 0 500 1,000 1,500 V I E T N A M S R I L A N K A 3 PALIKIR MAJURO Kilometers SRI KOROR JAYEWARDENEPURA PA L A U M I C R O N E S I A ( F S O ) KOTTE Map data source(s): MALE KUALA LUMPUR UN Cartographic Section, Food and Agriculture M A L AY S I A B R U N E I D A R U S S A L A M K I R I B A T I Organization (FAO), Global Discovery, GDACS, PDC, IRI. TARAWA S I N G A P O R E N A U R U I N D I A N YAREN Disclaimers: The boundaries and names shown and the O C E A N designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the 5 I N D O N E S I A United Nations. JAKARTA S O L O M O N PAPUA I S L A N D S TUVALU DILI NEW GUINEA Funafuti Christmas Island (Aus.) HONIARA T I M O R - L E S T E Tokelau (N.Z.) PORT MORESBY 8 APIA Cocos (Keeling) Island (Aus.) Matu Utu 4 PAGO PAGO VA N U AT U F I J I PORT-VILA SUVA 1. Mongolia - Dzud condition affect the country since early over half a million households were affected by blackouts. April 8th. Source:A ILFOEFSI January. An estimated 180,000 people live in severely Some 340 school buildings were damaged and classes were 4. Vanuatu - A 6.4 MN eewar tChqauleadkeo nsitrau c(Fk rnae.)ar Vanuatu oNnU K5U'ALO7.F ALaos - ParlimentAaVryA ReUlAections are planned for April. affected areas, out of which 70,000 are children aged suspended in some schools. Source: GDACS, GLIDE, Mar. No reports of damage or caNsOuUaMltiAeÉs. Source: IFES C o o k between 0-18. The government has organized a Xinhua A U S T R A L I A Source: GDACS I s l a n d s coordinated campaign with non-governmental and 8. Solomon Islands - Parlimentar(yN ele.cZtio.n)s are planned for international organizations to address the impact. 3. Philippines and Pacific - There is a high chance of below- 5. Indonesia - A 6.5 M earthquake struck near Sumatra on 5 April. Source: IFES Source: UNCT, IFRC normal rainfall as El-Nino conditions persist in the Philippines, Mar. No reports of damage or casualties. Sulawesi (IDN) as well as in various locations in the South Source: GDACS 2. Taiwan-Province of China - A 6.2 M earthquake struck Pacific. southern Taiwan on 4 March. 96 people were injured and Source: IRI 6. Sri Lanka - Snap Parlimentary elections are planned for.