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This document provides a summary of humanitarian events and weather forecasts across Asia and the Pacific for the week of 21-27 July 2015. Heavy rainfall caused flooding in Myanmar affecting 70,000 people and killing 9. Flooding also impacted parts of China and Japan. Several volcanoes in Indonesia remained active, displacing over 11,500 people. Prolonged drought worsened in Fiji, Thailand, and other Pacific nations due to the intensifying El Niño weather pattern. Below average rainfall was forecast for parts of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and western India over the next three months.
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- 1. PACIFIC OCEAN South China Sea Bay of Bengal INDIAN OCEAN C H I N A INDIA A U S T R A L I A M O N G O L I A MYANMAR THAILAND I N D O N E S I A JAPAN VIET NAM NEPAL M A L A Y S I A CAMBODIA BANGLADESH PHILIPPINES SRI LANKA LAO PDR BHUTAN RO KOREA DPR KOREA F I J I TIMOR-LESTE VA N U AT U S O L O M O N I S L A N D S BRUNEI DARUSSALAM PALAU SINGAPORE F E D E R AT E D S TAT E S O F M I C R O N E S I A NAURU MALDIVES TUVALU M A R S H A L L I S L A N D S N E W C A L E D O N I A Guam (US) Northern Mariana Islands (US) PA P U A N E W G U I N E A N E W Z E A L A N D Kobe Manila Yangon Jakarta Bangkok Kathmandu Port Moresby Colombo Suva Dhaka OCHA presence Halola PRECIPITATION FORECAST In the next three months, there is an extremely high chance of below normal rainfall in Indonesia and Malaysia. Papua New Guinea and western India are also likely to receive less rainfall than average. Meanwhile above average rainfall is likely across the Pacifc, in particular Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu. Above normal Below normal Normal EarthquakeNepal MYANMAR Heavy seasonal rainfall on 14-19 Jul caused flooding in Sagaing Region. On 23 Jul, the Government's Relief and Resettlement Department (RRD) reported that some 70,000 people were affected by the floods in 11 townships, with nine fatalities and over 12,000 houses damaged. 9deaths 70,000people affected Local authorities, Union Government, the military, the Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) and local civil society are providing food, water and other basic services. A joint team of RRD, MRCS, INGOs and UN visited the worst-affected areas on 24-26 July to assess the situation. Further flooding is also reported in other parts of the country, including in Mandalay Region and Kachin State.1 CHINA Media reports heavy rain and strong winds affecting over 200,000 people, killing two with 3 missing, over 8,000 evacuated and over 400 homes damaged in the provinces of Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan in southern China. Media also reported over 110,000 people affected, five dead, one missing, 200 evacuated and over 100 damaged homes in northern China in the provinces of Hubei, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi and Gansu. Local authorities are responding accordingly. National authorities are respoinding to the floods in Anhui and Fujian provinces. Local authorities in Anhui and Fijian have granted a total of more than 10 million yuan (US$1.6 million) for disaster relief and reduction.2 310,000people affected JAPAN Typhoon Halola made landfall on the western island of Kyushu on 26 Jul with heavy rain and high winds, reported the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). JMA warned of strong winds and high waves although the storm was expected to lose strength later today, 27 Jul. There are no reports of injuries or damage to houses.3 INDONESIA Ongoing volcanic activity of several volcanoes in Indonesia triggered further evacuations and impacted air traffic over the past few weeks. In Sumatra, Mount Sinabung showed signs of elevated activity over 18-21 Jul. The Sinubang alert status remains 4 (maximum level). Over 10 000 people remain displaced as of 21 Jul. In Maluku Islands, the volcanoes Gamalama on Ternate Island and Dukono on Halmahera have increased their activity. Over 1,500 people are displaced on the island. In Eastern Java there have been ongoing explosions from mount Raung since 29 Jun. Ash has fallen over several districts of the island, causing damage to plantations. No evacuations are reported, as of 22 Jul.4 11,500 preventive evacuations FIJI The developing El Niño event continues to intensify exacerbating drought conditions in Pacific countries. In Fiji, sugar cane crops are reduced by around 25 per cent according to farmers in the country's west. Emergency water deliveries have also begun to the Yasawa Islands and to villages between Nadi and Sigatoka. Water temperatures in all of the key El Niño ocean monitoring areas are more than 1°C above average for 10 successive weeks - two weeks longer than the previous record set in 1997.5 25 per cent crop reduction THAILAND Prevailing drought conditions affecting 42 provinces has worsened according to reports from the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM). According to the DDPM, the majority of the affected provinces are in the northern and north-eastern regions. Meanwhile, the Meteorological Department predicts a tropical storm to hit both areas as well as central Thailand and extending into the eastern provinces during the last few days of Jul.6 42 provinces affected Source: Commonwealth of Australia 2015, Bureau of Meteorology Neutral Alert Alert Watch ElNiño LaNiña EL NIÑO LEVEL Watch The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Feedback: [email protected] www.unocha.org/roap Source: IRI, Columbia University. June 2015 Glide Number: FL-2015-000089-MMR (Myanmar)Creation date: 27 July 2015 Sources: 1. RRD, OCHA 2. Media 3. JMA, media, UNYSIS 4. BNPB 5. Nadraki, media 6. DDPM, media Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (21-27 July 2015)