THE SOLOMON ISLANDS NATIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTRE [NEOC] P.O.Box 21 Tel: 00 677 53003/27936/27063/955 Mob: 00 677 7651493 Fax: 00 677 27060/24293 Email: [email protected] NEOC SITUATIONAL REPORT ******************************************************************************************************** National Emergency Operations Centre National Disaster Management Office Ministry of Environment, Conservation, Disaster Management and Meteorology Solomon Islands Government Honiara ******************************************************************************************************** SITUATION REPORT NUMBER 09 Event TROPICAL CYCLONE PAM SITREP No. 09 Date: 24/03/2015 Time Issued:2000 Hrs Next Update: 26/03/2014 From: NEOC/PEOC/NDMO To: N-DOC & NDC Chairs and Members, P-DOC and PDC Chairs and Members, PEOCs. Copies: NDMO Stakeholders, Donor Partners, Local & International NGOs, UN Agencies, Diplomatic Agencies, SIRPF, SIRC and SI Government Ministries and all SI Government Overseas Missions. 1.0 SITUATION The Tropical cyclone PAM has long gone away from the Solomon Islands leaving behind a sever devastation in several provinces including Guadalcanal, Malaita, Makira, Temotu and some parts of Isabel province. Most of the important sectors were severely affected, including agriculture, fisheries, health and infrastructure, which has a mass negative impact on the livelihood of the local communities. However, with a positive response by the National disaster management office, the National Emergency Operations Centre has activated its Provincial Emergency Operation Centres in the provinces concern, leading to the activations of their DM arrangements. Currently, PEOCs has deployed each assessment teams to the most remote communities to at least find out the impacts Tropical Cyclone Pam has left behind. 2.0 Reported Impacts Current feedback from the assessment teams on the ground, detail report will be provided later Provinces Impacts Updates Temotu Anuta Sustain a massive devastation to vegetation, food gardens, and water supply Urgent needs include, water supply materials, food, Cassava stocks and Kumara vines for replanting Reef Islands /outer layers At Nupani Island, 4 houses were destroyed & in category 4, cassava and kumara were not grown in the island however, banana plants were completely devastated Food is urgently needed. Health/Medical assessment team were deployed to the Reef Islands including the outer laying little Islands Assessment is still progressing in other Islands Do your part, disaster is everybody’s business THE SOLOMON ISLANDS NATIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTRE [NEOC] Other Islands Assessment is still progressing Makira Assessment is still progressing and is expected to complete by this week Malaita Assessment is still progressing and is expected to complete by this week Guadalcanal Assessment for the west and North East Guadalcanal has completed, however, reports shows that more damages is on food gardens Isabel Assessment is still progressing and is expected to complete by this week 3.0 Current Responses Reporting Areas Action Descriptions DM Activation The NEOC/Malaita PEOC are on Full on activation Initial Response/Assessment Cluster and Logistics cluster are on Full on activation The NEOC/Temotu PEOC are on full on activation. The NEOC/Makira PEOC are on full on activation. The NEOC/Guadalcanal PEOC are on full on activation. All other N-DOC Clusters are activated on standby mode except for the Logistic & IRA cluster National Response SI Government/NDMO Response: The Solomon Islands Government through the NDMO is leading the response supported by the National and Provincial Clusters which include humanitarian agencies SIG NDMO led multi-sectoral assessment team arrived on Anuta yesterday and established communication links with the NEOC o The team confirmed that the population of Anuta is 243 with a total household of 70 living in 24 houses. o Environment/vegetation was gone labelling it as desert island. o 3 houses were confirmed completely destroyed & 10 were partly damaged. o Water supply was destroyed and unsafe for drinking o Food becomes a priority need, as their food stock pile is running very low NEOC will collect Specification damaged report from the IRA team and then will send recommendation to responsible cluster members for technical response. Logistics Response: The NDC through the NDMO has deployed the RSIPFV 04 with Assessment Teams and Emergency Relief Supplies on Friday 20th March 2015 to Anuta Island Temotu Assessment and emergency relief distribution in the Island of Anuta has completed, and the IRA team is currently in Tikopia The Provinces of Malaita, Makira and Isabel are deploying their respective Provincial Assessment Teams to the affected communities within their jurisdictions MV Florence will carry all the remaining relief supply for Temotu outer Islands including Reef Islands Do your part, disaster is everybody’s business THE SOLOMON ISLANDS NATIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTRE [NEOC] Logistic Cluster confirmed that the shipment of relief supplies to the affected Islands in Temotu will be on Saturday morning, loading will be on Thursday Gaps and constraints The limitation of the RSIPFV to carry large volume of relief supplies to also cover other affected outer Islands of Temotu. This is understandable as the RSIPFV is not a cargo boat Availability of ship to remote Islands for quick relief is a difficulty. Shelter Response: Emergency NFIs including shelter kits were distributed to the affected households of Anuta Island Health and Nutrition Response: Medical supplies/stocks replenishments and emergency health services currently conducted for the affected population on Anuta. (Please refer to the emergency supplies manifest on Annex 1) Medical supplies/stocks were despatched to Temotu on the RSIPFV 04 on Friday 20th March 2015 to support the replenishment of medical supplies for all the Outer Islands of Temotu The Ministry of Health has deployed health specialists, and environmental health officers to support the Lata health team that will be deployed to the Outer Islands. Medicines/Medical supplies to be distributed and coordinated by Health personnel. Food Security Response: The Solomon Islands Government through the NDMO have procure 120 bags of 20 kg rice as part of the emergency food relief specific for the Island of Anuta The support vessel is expected to deliver additional food supplies for the Island of Anuta and other affected Islands based on the IDA Report The Solomon Islands Government under the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock is deploying Agriculturalists from the affected Provinces to undertake the Initial Damaged Needs Assessments and Detail Sectoral Assessments for possible recovery. Basic food relief for the affected outer Islands in Temotu Province is expected to leave on Friday evening or Saturday morning by MV Florence. Education Response: Report from the multi-sectoral assessment teams on Anuta stated that the only school on the Islands including buildings receives no major damages. However, the school has not yet resumed classes due to Do your part, disaster is everybody’s business THE SOLOMON ISLANDS NATIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTRE [NEOC] the disaster impacts on families on the Island The Ministry of Education has deployed two infrastructure officers from Honiara to team up with the education team at Lata to investigate and assess damaged and destroyed education facilities (buildings) reported Malaita and Makira will conduct their own assessments using in- Province officers Communicating with Communities Communications via telephone and mobile to all Provinces are unaffected, except to communities without telecommunications infrastructures The multi-sectoral assessment team had established communications link to the NEOC yesterday 0810 hrs and 0945hrs via satellite-phone and report their general situational overview on the Island. A detail report is expected when the team reaches and stationed on the Island of Tikopia All IRA press communication regarding the affected sites will be channelled through NEOC for further consideration Funding/Donor Support Response: The Government of Solomon Islands has approved a total of 9.5 Million Solomon Island Dollars to support the emergency response and relief phase. The funds is expected to cover the operations for all the affected Provinces The Government of New Zealand has communicated to the NDMO an initial contribution of $250,000.00 Solomon Dollars (NZ$50,000.00) The Government of Australia has covered all the logistical costs (fuel and food rations) for the RSIPFV mobilisation. Temotu Province Response: 4 assessment teams were deployed to Reefs and its outlying atoll Islands. The team comprises of Agriculture, Police, SIRC & World Vision Solomon Islands Assessment for Vanikoro, Utupua and Duff Islands is still on hold waiting for the support ship to be diploid by Saturday 28th March 2015 Malaita Province Response: Malaita has already conducted Assessments with assessments on the Southern, Central and East Are-Are completed, and that for the Northern and Eastern Regions is currently progressing The Assessment Teams are expected to return to Auki by Wednesday 25th March 2015, where a formal report will be compiled and submitted to the N-DOC and PDC for deliberation Guadalcanal Province Responses: Do your part, disaster is everybody’s business THE SOLOMON ISLANDS NATIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTRE [NEOC] Assessment teams are being deployed