ASIA-PACIFIC REGION 11 - 17 NOVEMBER 2009 Natural Disasters and Other Events being monitored by the OCHA Regional Office for the Asia-Pacific Legend ULAANBAATAR OCHA Office or Presence MONGOLIA Country Capital Territory Capital BEIJING DPR KOREA Affected Countries PYONGYANG JAMMU & KASHMIR SEOUL JAPAN Affected area AKSAI CHIN RO KOREA CHINA TOKYO BHUTAN ARUNASHAL PRADESH China - According to the Ministry of Civil Affairs announced (MCA ), NEPAL THIMPHU heavy snow has left 21 people dead in north and central China. NEW DELHI KATHMANDU More than 9,000 buildings collapsed and about 190,400 hectares of crops were affected, causing direct economic losses of around 4.5 billion yuan (about 659 million U.S. dollars). Source: Xinhua BANGLADESH TAIPEI Map Doc Name: OCHA_ROAP-Sitmap_091117 DHAKA Taiwan INDIA MYANMAR Province of China GLIDE Number(s): HANOI (China) CW-2009-000244-CHN PACIFIC LAO PDR OCEAN Creation Date: 17 Nov 2009 VIENTIANE Northern Projection/Datum: Behrmann/WGS84 PHILIPPINES Web Resources: http://ochaonline.un.org/roap YANGON Mariana Nominal Scale at A4 paper size: THAILAND MANILA Islands (U.S.) 1:32,000,000 South SAIPAN 0 500 1,000 BANGKOK CAMBODIA China AGANA Sea Guam (U.S.) PHNOM PENH Kilometers VIETNAM Map data source(s): SRI LANKA UN Cartographic Section, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Global Discovery, SRI KOROR PALIKIR GDACS, ReliefWeb JAYEWARDENEPURA KOTTE BRUNEI DARUSSALAM PALAU MICRONESIA (FSO) Disclaimers: BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN The designations employed and the MALE presentation of material on this map do not KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA imply the expression of any opinion MALDIVES whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the SINGAPORE United Nations concerning the legal status of SINGAPORE any country, territory, city or area or of its NAURU authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its YAREN frontiers or boundaries. INDONESIA INDIAN OCEAN JAKARTA PAPUA NEW GUINEA DILI SOLOMON ISLANDS TIMOR-LESTE PORT MORESBY HONIARA THE SETTLEMENT Christmas Island (Aus.).