ASIA-PACIFIC REGION 21 - 27 September 2011 Natural Disasters and Other Events being monitored by the OCHA Regional Office for the Asia-Pacific 1. India, Nepal, China and Bhutan - On 18 Sept a 6.9 M earthquake struck the Probability of Above/Below r" mountainous north-eastern Indian State of Sikkim. As of 23 September, a total of 108 deaths were reported, with 94 deaths in India, seven in China, six in Nepal, and one in Normal Precipitation Bhutan. More than 5,000 people have received shelter assistance in India. Almost Oct to Dec 2011 1,500 buildings destroyed and some 2,800 buildings partially damaged in Nepal. UN in Above normal rainfall Bhutan requests an OCHA emergency cash grant to kick-start the response activities. M O N G O L I A p" Source: OCHA u" 2. Cambodia - Floods that began last month has killed 60 - 100 people. 90,300 families DPR KOREA JAPAN normal in 15 provinces have been affected, around 170,000 hectares of rice fields and 63,000 JAMMU homes were under water. More than 300 schools were closed, according to National KASHMIR p" Committee for Disaster Management. C H I N A RO KOREA 5 Source: Media AKSAI ! Below normal rainfall CHIN KOBE 3. Philippines - Typhoon Nesat, locally known as Pedring has made landfall this BHUTAN Source: The International Research p" morning, 27 September between Aurora and Isabela Provinces. Typhoon Pedring is ARUNASHAL Institute for Climate and Society - expected to enhance the southwest monsoon causing moderate to heavy rains over 1 PRADESH NEPAL Sep 2011 Forecast for the Southern Luzon and Visayas. Initial information from the Department of Social Welfare Oct-Nov-Dec season and Development (DSWD) indicated that more than 12,000 persons have been affected ! in Regions II, III and V. There are no indications at this stage that international KATHMANDU r" assistance will be requested by the government. Source: OCHA MYANMAR 4. Vietnam, Laos and Thailand- Heavy rains and potential floods brought by TS I N D I A p" Haitang which made landfall in central Vietnam at 0400 local time. On 25 September, LAO VIETNAM Vietnamese government agencies issued a warning for people in risk areas and fisher BANGLADESH PDR PACI FI C folks at sea to take shelter. Provincial authorities were also instructed to monitor water 4 Northern Mariana levels and potential breakages in embankments and reservoirs. At the request of the YANGON ! South Nesat OC EAN UNRC Office, UNOSAT will programme radar imagery that will support the VN THAILAND p" p"MANILA Islands (U.S.) Government and humanitarian partners in analyzing the storms impact. In Lao PDR, it is Bay of ! ! ! expected to cause heavy rains, strong winds and possible flooding and landslides in ! ! ! ! ! ! ! China ! 3 ! ! ! ! !H! ! aitang BANGKOK! ! ! ! ! Savannakhet and Khammuan Provinces. In Thailand, it will cause heavy rains in the Bengal ! ! ! ! CAM! ! B! ODIA Sea Northeast, East and the Southwest coast. People living in foothill areas, near waterways 2 PHILIPPINES Guam (U.S.) and in lowland are warned of flash flood. M A R S H A L L Source: OCHA I S L A N D S SRI LANKA BRUNEI 5. Japan - Typhoon Roke made landfall on the main Honshu Island of Japan that p" triggered landslides and flooding in the southern and central region. Media reported at COLOMBO ! DARUSSALAM P A L A U least 16 deaths or missing as a result of the typhoon, as of 22 September. Officials M I C R O N E S I A ( F S O ) stated that the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, that was under repair from the 11 March tsunami, was not affected by the typhoon. MALDIVES M A L A Y S I A K I R I B A T I Source: OCHA SINGAPORE N A U R U Precipitation Forecast - There is a very high chance of greater than average INDIAN People Affected OC EAN P A P U A I N D O N E S I A N E W G U I N E A JAKARTA ! S O L O M O N T U V A L U I S L A N D S Tokelau (N.Z.) TIMOR-LESTE ! PORT MORESBY Wallis and SAMOA APIA PAGO Futuna (Fra.) PAGO V A N U A T U American Samoa (US) SUVA ! ALOFI 1,000 km New Caledonia (Fra.) F I J I Niue (N.Z.) NUKU'ALOFA The graph above AsVhAowRsU Athe absolute and relative number of people affected by the disasters Map Doc Name: A U S T R A L I A TOshNowGnA on this map. The Y-axis labeled "Absolute" represents the total number of persons OCHA_ROAP-Sitmap_110927 Tropical Cyclone Paths affected. TheC X-oaxois klabeled "Relative" represents the number of people affected per 100,000. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! I s l a n d s ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! GLIDE Number(s): ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Flooded ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! EQ-2011-000136-IND (India) Map data sou(rNce(.sZ): . ) EQ-2011-000136-NPL (Nepal) Earthquake UN Cartographic Section, Food and Agriculture r" Organization (FAO), Europa Technology, TC-2011-000140-JPN GDACS, PDC, IRI. TC-2011-000147-PHL ! OCHA Office or Presence FL-2011-000148-KHM Disclaimers: The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. N E W Z E A L A N D I L L E NGTONW NEW ZEALAND.