PACIF ICOCEAN

SouthChinaSea

Bay ofBengal

INDIANOCEAN

CHINA

INDIA

A U S T R A L I A

MONGOLIA

MYANMAR

THAILAND

JAPAN

NEPAL

M A L A Y S I A

CAMBODIA

SRI LANKA

LAO PDR

DPR KOREA

TIMOR-LESTE

VANUATU

SOLOMON ISLANDS

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

PALAU

SINGAPORE

FEDERATEDSTATES OF

MICRONESIA

NAURU

MALDIVES

TUVALU

MARSHALL ISLANDS

N E WC A L E D O N I A

Guam (US)

Northern Mariana Islands (US)

PAPUA NEWGUINEA

NEWZEALAND

Kobe

Pyongyang

ManilaYangon

Jakarta

Bangkok

Suva

OCHA presence

FIJI

I N D O N E S I A

PHILIPPINES

PRECIPITATION FORECASTIn contrast to recent forecasts, precipitation is predicted to be normal across most of the region. Above normal precipitation is forecast for Indonesia and Malaysia. Unfortunately below-average levels of rainfall is likely for the Pacific island countries.

Above normal

Below normal

Normal

SRI LANKA As of 17 January, an estimated 644,000 people across eight provinces have been affected by

drought and salt water intrusion over the past four months. Batticaloa District in Eastern province is the worst affected with 302,000 people experiencing the effects of drought.

The Government has initiated water trucking in Batticaloa and taken measures to import additional rice in the event the prolonged drought has significant impact on food supplies. The President of Sri Lanka has established a Task Force to coordinate the response. The UN Country Team is providing information management support to authorities. 1

644,000 people affected

MYANMARAt least 21,000 people are estimated to be internally displaced in the northern part of

Rakhine State as a result of the 9 October attacks and security operations. This is in addition to the 66,000 people estimated to have crossed into Bangladesh. Between 13 and 20 January, WFP provided emergency food assistance and nutrition support to more than 16,000 people in Maungdaw north. Although humanitarian activities have been able to resume in many areas of northern Rakhine, the Government is still not permitting international staff to travel outside the main centres. Ten containers of food and clothes donated by Indonesia have arrived in Rakhine State for distribution by Government officials in Maungdaw and in IDP camps. 2

21,000 internally displaced

PAPUA NEW GUINEAOn 22 January (16:30, UTC+10), a 7.9 magnitude earthquake (originally registered as 8.0) struck

Bougainville, west of Arawa at a depth of 136 km, close to the border of PNG and the Solomon Islands. People in the area reported the earthquake being felt with many moving to higher ground in anticipation of a tsunami. Tsunami alerts for PNG and the Solomon Islands have since been cancelled. To date, no significant damage or casualties have been reported. 3

PHILIPPINES As of 20 January, over 63,000 people remain displaced due to flash floods in northern Mindanao

and the Visayas from 16 January, with an estimated 48,000 people inside 115 evacuation centres. The Department of Social Welfare and Development reported at least ten deaths and registered 579 houses damaged, mostly in Agusan del Sur province. The area remains under the highest alert as rains continue. Authorities have been providing relief assistance. 4

63,000 people displaced

INDONESIA Mount Sinabung's latest eruption on 18 January spewed lava and caused damage to around 30

hectares of agriculture land and crops in Tiganderket (Karo District, North Sumatra). For more than one and a half years, an estimated 9,300 people (4,600 male and 4,700 female) have been displaced as a result of continuing eruption of Mount Sinabung volcano, with displaced people living in nine sites in North Sumatra province. Lack of available land has constrained efforts to provide displaced families with permanent housing solutions. 5

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Creation date: 23 January 2017 Sources: 1. Disaster Management Center, RCO, World Vision 2. WFP, UNHCR, RRD, RCO Bangladesh 3. RCO 4. DSWD, PAGASA, OCHA5. BNPB and Basarnas

Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (17 - 23 January 2017)

BANGLADESH

BHUTAN

PRECIPITATION FORECAST

In contrast to recent forecasts, precipitation is predicted to be normal across most of the region. Above normal precipitation is forecast for Philippines, Viet Nam, Cambodia, South of Thailand and Indonesia. Below-average rainfall is likely for some pacific islands including Tuvalu and Kiribati.

Above normal

Below normal

Normal

Source: IRI, Columbia University. January 2017

RO KOREA

VIETNAM