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Title: Flash Update: No. 01 – Flooding and Landslide in Southern Myanmar – 11 August 2019
Description: "• Continuous Monsoon rain since the start of the month resulted to flooding in several areas in Southern Myanmar – Ayeyarwady, Bago, Kayin, Mon, and Tanintharyi. • According to the Department of Disaster Management (DDM), a rain-induced landslide occurred in a village in Paung Township (Mon State) on Friday. Search & Rescue operations has so far recovered 41 dead bodies, and believed another 41 are still missing. Rescued injured residents are immediately sent to hospitals for medical care. • DDM is providing relief and cash assistance to affected families. In addition, key Government officials (including the Vice President) inspected the ongoing Search & Rescue operations in the landslide area today, and visited affected families in several areas to provide encouragement and assistance. • Initial impact data estimates at least 46,000 were displaced across Southern Myanmar due to the flooding, and at least 4,000 houses were damaged. Several bridges and roads were also damaged, further adding challenge to the ongoing disaster response operations. Damage assessment and data gathering is continuously being conducted..."
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Date of entry/update: 2019-08-11
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Title: Floods Displace Scores Across S. Myanmar
Description: "Heavy monsoon rains have displaced some 26,000 people in 14 townships across southern Myanmar since Saturday. Affected regions include Karen and Mon states and Bago, Tannithary and Irrawaddy regions. The Department of Meteorology and Hydrology announced that flooding will continue in Hpa-an, the capital of Karen State, at least until Friday, with water levels on the Salween River exceeding dangerous levels. Also reaching or exceeding established danger levels are the Bilin River in Mon State, the Sittaung and Shwe Kyin rivers in Bago Region and the Nga Wan River in Irrawaddy Region, while water levels on the Moei River, on the Thailand-Myanmar border, are expected to drop by Thursday, the department said. A deep tropical depression over India early this week brought heavy rains across Myanmar, with record-setting downpours in Yangon on Wednesday, according to the department. The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement’s Disaster Management Department said that, as of Wednesday, more than 17,300 people from nearly 4,000 households are taking temporary shelter at relief camps, and that they will gradually update that number as more people are affected..."
Source/publisher: "Reliefweb" via The Irrawaddy
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-11
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Title: Monsoon flooding kills 3, displaces residents in Myanmar
Description: " Three people have been killed by monsoon flooding which occurred in Myanmar's states and regions since last month, an official from the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement told Xinhua. "About nine states and regions including Kayin, Mon states and Bago regions have been suffering from monsoon flooding since July. So far, two deaths were reported in Magway region and one in Kachin state," said Daw Phyu Lei Lei Tun, director of disaster management department under the ministry. At present, flooding displaced over 5,800 residents and about 21 relief camps have been opened to accommodate flood-hit residents in some townships of Kayin state while provision of relief kits to flood victims are being carried out by the ministry in flood affected regions and states, she added. Meanwhile, water levels of Sittaung, Shwe Kyin, Bago rivers in Bago region and Nga Wun and toe rivers in Ayeyarwady region were forecast to remain above its danger level, according to the latest forecast by the Meteorology and Hydrology Department. The department also forecast that water levels of Thanlwin, Thaungyin rivers in Kayin state and Bilin river of Mon state will continue rising for at least 24 hours. Also, the department stated that monsoon is vigorous over the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal. Frequent squalls with rough to very rough seas are forecast to be experienced off and along Myanmar coasts and surface wind speed in squalls may reach 40-45 miles per hour, according to the department's latest weather report..."
Source/publisher: "Xinhua Net"
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-11
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Title: More than 45,000 people affected by first monsoon flood
Sub-title: Flooding caused by the first monsoon of the season displaced more than 45,000 people, according to a statement issued by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs-Myanmar (OCHA) on Thursday.
Description: "Flooding has affected Kachin, Rakhine, Mon and Chin states and Mandalay, Sagaing, Bago and Magwe regions. Many people have returned home, but more than 11,500 people remain at evacuation centres, as it has not rained for four days at higher altitudes and water is draining to lower-lying areas. However, rivers are still overflowing their banks and remain at dangerous levels, upstream and downstream. Water flowing along the path of the Ayeyarwady River towards lower Myanmar poses a risk in Mandalay, Magwe and Pyay. U Kyaw Moe Oo, director general of the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, said July and August are among the heaviest for rainfall in Myanmar. This is the beginning of the monsoon season, and heavy rains are expected to continue across the region..."
Source/publisher: "Myanmar Times"
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-11
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Title: Myanmar floods force tens of thousands from homes
Description: "SHWEGYIN, Myanmar: Raging floods across Myanmar have forced tens of thousands of people from their homes in recent weeks, officials said on Thursday (Aug 8), as monsoon rains pummel the nation. Aerial images from Shwegyin township in Bago region showed how the area had become a vast lake of water. Only the rooftops could be seen of many homes lining the Sittaung river. Emergency services have been helping bring people to dry ground, many seeking shelter in local monasteries. Others waded through waist-deep floodwaters or rowed on wooden boats with pets and any belongings they could take with them. Than Aye, 42, who has diabetes and is partially-sighted, struggled to escape the deluge. "I could not do anything when the flooding started but then the fire service came to rescue me by boat," he told AFP from the safety of the monastery that has been his home for the last five days. The most severe flooding is currently in eastern Bago region and Mon and Karen states, according to the social welfare ministry..."
Source/publisher: "CNA"
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-11
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Title: Myanmar landslide kills dozens, many more feared missing
Sub-title: At least 41 people killed after a deluge of mud descends on village in Myanmar's eastern Mon state.
Description: "The death toll from a landslide triggered by monsoon rains in eastern Myanmar has risen to 41, officials said, as emergency workers continued searching through the mud for the scores more feared missing. A huge brown gash on the hillside marked where the deluge of mud descended on Ye Pyar Kone village in Mon state on Friday, wiping out at least 27 homes. Search and rescue teams worked through Friday night and into Saturday with excavators and their bare hands, trying to find survivors and recover bodies from the deep sludge. "The death toll has risen to 41," township administrator Zaw Moe Aung told AFP late on Saturday. So far, 47 people have been injured while officials believe that about 80 people could still be missing. Aerial photographs of Ye Pyar Kone showed the broken remnants of rooftops and other debris from the houses strewn next to trucks knocked over by the force of the mudslide. Its hillside temple was left inundated, with only the pagoda's golden spire peeking out from beneath the mud..."
Source/publisher: "Al Jazeera"
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-11
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Title: Myanmar Landslide Toll Rises to Nearly 50
Description: "Myanmar troops deployed to flood-hit parts of the country Sunday to help with relief efforts after the death toll from a deadly landslide jumped to 48. Every year monsoon rains hammer Myanmar and other countries across Southeast Asia, submerging homes, displacing thousands and triggering landslides. But the disaster Friday in southeastern Mon state was the worst in recent memory, and hundreds of emergency response workers were still pulling bodies out of the muddy wreckage early Sunday. "The total death toll reached 48. Search and rescue is still ongoing," Paung township administrator Zaw Moe Aung told AFP. Heavy rains pounded Mon, Karen and Kachin states, flooding roads and destroying bridges. As the rainy season reaches its peak, the country's armed forces are pitching in. "Our regional military commands are working to help with the search and rescue process in disaster areas," Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun told AFP. "Helicopters will be used to supply food." The bulk of the effort is focused on hard-hit Mon state, which sits on the coast of the Andaman sea..."
Source/publisher: "VOA" via Agence France-Presse
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-11
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Title: Myanmar Monsoon Floods Update (As of 8 August 2019)
Description: "Nearly 12,000 more people were displaced by monsoon flooding in Myanmar over the last two days, bringing the current total number of people sheltering in evacuation sites due to floods to more than 38,000. More than 105,000 people have been displaced by flooding since late June, with people formerly displaced in Kachin, Rakhine and Chin states having already returned home when floodwaters receded. Heavy rains are now severely affecting Mon State, with more than 7,000 people displaced in two days. According to the Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS), there has been a landslide in Paung Township with houses buried and at least five reported deaths. Other townships have had houses and a school washed away, roads blocked and some towns and villages almost entirely flooded. MRCS is supporting the authorities with evacuations and transfers to hospital in the case of the landslide. Kayin State and Bago region are also now especially hard-hit, with more than 3,300 and 3,700 additional people displaced respectively in two days. MRCS, local governments, civil society organizations and NGOs have been involved in responding so far, including cash transfers, supplies of rice and non-food items. Heavy rains will continue across the region, in particular in Chin, Rakhine, Kayin and Mon States and Taninthayi Region..."
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Date of entry/update: 2019-08-11
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Title: Myanmar: Floods - Jul 2019
Description: "Torrential monsoon rains and rising river levels have caused flooding. In Kachin State, according to the State Government, more than 6,200 people have been evacuated to 39 sites in Myitkyina, Bhamo and Shwegu townships as of 13 July. Rakhine, Chin and Mon states are also being hit by floods. (OCHA, 15 Jul 2019) Heavy rainfall during Myanmar’s monsoon season resulted in the Laymyo River overflowing at the beginning of July. By 14 July, all of the more than 3,400 people living in the IDP camp of Sin Baw Kaing village, Mrauk-U Township, were affected, and had to be relocated...On 14 July, the water level of Laymyo River had risen further above danger level, and was expected to continue for the next two days. There are more than 180,000 residents in Mrauk-U Township, and an increase in flooding has the potential of affecting a higher number of people across the Township, including other IDP camps in the area. (ACAPS, 15 Jul 2019) In Kachin State, more than 6,200 people are sheltering in 39 sites in Myitkyina, Bhamo and Shwegu. There are no reports of disease outbreak or casualties. Kyauktaw, Mrauk-U and Minbya townships of Rakhine State, and Belin Township of Mon State are reportedly affected by floods with people evacuated from some areas. National authorities, the Myanmar Red Cross Society, civil society organisations and private donors are responding to the immediate needs of those affected or displaced by floods. By 14 July, all of the more than 3,400 people living in the IDP camp of Sin Baw Kaing village, Mrauk-U Township, were affected, and had to be relocated. Due to the active conflict, a night-time curfew is in place since April 2019 in Mrauk-U, limiting movement and access to services, particularly to healthcare. Internet access is down since 21 June and aid organisations have reported disruption to their activities..."
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Date of entry/update: 2019-08-11
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Title: Myanmar: Floods Flash Update No. 1 (As of 18 July 2019) - မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ- ရေကြီး- ရေလျှံခြင်း အကျဉ်းချုပ် အစီရင်ခံစာအမှတ် ၁
Sub-title: This update is produced by OCHA Myanmar in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It covers the period from 10 to 18 July 2019
Description: "More than 45,000 people are estimated to have been displaced by flooding in Kachin, Rakhine, Mon and Chin states and Mandalay, Sagaing, Bago and Magway regions in Myanmar. • In areas at higher altitudes it has not rained for four days, and water is draining off to lower-lying areas. Many people have thus returned home, leaving more than 11,500 people in evacuation centres, according to the most recent data. Data for Kachin, for example, hasn’t been issued yet, but people there are generally returning. • However, rivers are still overflowing their banks and remain at dangerously high levels, upstream and downstream. • Areas downstream are of particular concern, as water flows generally to the south/southeast toward Mandalay, Magway and Pyay along the path of the Irrawaddy River and its delta. The situation could deteriorate should it start to rain again, and those areas, including heavily populated Mandalay, are potentially at risk. • Likewise, the Kaladan River, which runs through Chin State southward into Rakhine State, and the Lay Myo River pose a risk to villages and displacement sites across a wide area that is also currently embroiled in conflict, meaning civilians there are considerably vulnerable. • This is only the beginning of the monsoon rains. There is a need for vigilance and to maintain preparedness measures, as has been done effectively so far. The situation remains dynamic and hard to predict. It can quickly change...မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ- ရေကြီး- ရေလျှံခြင်း အကျဉ်းချုပ် အစီရင်ခံစာအမှတ် ၁..."
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Title: Myanmar: Floods Flash Update No. 2 (As of 23 July 2019) - မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ- ရေကြီး- ရေလျှံခြင်း အကျဉ်းချုပ် အစီရင်ခံစာအမှတ်၂
Description: "• Monsoon floods that have affected eight states and regions are estimated to have displaced more than 78,000 people. • Where flood waters have receded, evacuation centres have been closed and people have returned to their homes. • However, with water moving to the south, floods have affected Sagaing, Mandalay and Magway regions where over 43,000 people were evacuated. • As of 23 July, more than 40,000 people remain displaced in 39 evacuation centres in these three regions while almost all of the displaced people in other affected states and regions have returned to their homes. • UN and humanitarian partners are working closely with the authorities, monitoring the situation and ready to reinforce the Government’s response to floods as required... မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ- ရေကြီး- ရေလျှံခြင်း အကျဉ်းချုပ် အစီရင်ခံစာအမှတ်၂..."
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Title: Deadly monsoon destroys 5,000 shelters in Bangladesh Rohingya camps
Sub-title: The Cox's Bazar district – home to nearly one million Rohingya Muslims – has seen at least 58.5 centimetres of rain since July 2, Bangladesh's meteorological department said.
Description: At least 10 people have died and thousands of shanty homes have been destroyed by monsoon rains in overcrowded Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh's southeast, officials said on Sunday. An International Organisation for Migration (IOM) spokeswoman said heavy rains triggered mudslides in the refugee camps – which are mostly built on hill-slopes – destroying some 4,889 tarpaulin and bamboo shacks in the first two weeks of July. More than 200 landslides have been reported since April in the camps, built near the border with Myanmar, and at least 10 people were killed, a UN report said, adding nearly 50,000 people have been affected.
Source/publisher: TRT World via IOM
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-29
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Title: WHO Myanmar: Situation report # 2: 12 August 2018 Myanmar Floods
Description: "Government is leading the response, with support provided by national and international humanitarian organizations...Ministry of Health & Sports (MoHS) leading the health response, coordinated through Health Emergency Operations Centre...Figures on population displacement to temporary evacuation sites are rapidly changing, cumulative total is 153 744 people...Continuing health service provision by MoHS with field operation visits in Bilin and Kyaikmaraw townships, Mon State3...Wells previously inundated by floodwaters were treated with chlorine in Kya-In Seikgyi Township, Kayin State by the Township Health Department...20 000 oral rehydration sachets provided to floodaffected population of Kyaikmaraw Township, Mon State through the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement5...Myanmar Medical Association, Yangon Region, deployed a medical team to Bago Region..."
Source/publisher: World Health Organisation (WHO)
Date of publication: 2018-08-12
Date of entry/update: 2019-06-13
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Title: WHO Myanmar: Situation report #1: 2 August 2018
Description: "Heavy monsoon rains since early July 2018 have resulted in flooding...Four states and regions have been affected...More than 120,000 people have been displaced in up to 288 evacuation centres...Government is leading the response, with the Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS) spearheading the health response...MoHS activated the Health Emergency Operations Centre which have been monitoring and coordinating among central, state, and township level health departments in order to ensure an effective health response to all affected population...In Mon State, 2 826 patients received medical care from respective local health departments, and with no cases of infectious diseases of public health concern reported as at 1 Aug 2018..."
Source/publisher: World Health Organisation (WHO)
Date of publication: 2018-08-02
Date of entry/update: 2019-06-13
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Title: WHO Myanmar: Situation report #3: 23 August 2018
Description: "Emergency health sector preparedness and response meeting in MoHS led by Union Minister on 27 July 2018...Health sector coordination meeting led by Permanent secretary on 1 August 2018...Central Health Emergency Operations Center activated 24/7 until present...National Health Cluster meeting was held in MoHS, Naypyidaw, on 20 August 2018. Detailed flood-related actions and updates were shared by MoHS and health partners...Figures on population displacement are rapidly changing, cumulative total is 376 evacuation sites (51 sites remaining with 20 938 population)...It is critical to note that water levels in a total of 48 dams and reservoirs have exceeded full levels and are currently overflowing through their spillways5, while rainy season continues...Integrated allocation strategy (Myanmar Humanitarian Fund & UN Central Emergency Response Fund) for the flood response has been launched for all clusters and sectors...MoHS mobile clinics are implementing active surveillance for diseases under national surveillance (DUNS) through event-based reporting...Routine vaccination has been provided among the displaced population in Kayin State, and is planned in Bago Region..."
Source/publisher: World Health Organisation (WHO)
Date of publication: 2018-08-23
Date of entry/update: 2019-06-13
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Title: Understanding the Climate-Conflict Nexus from a Humanitarian Perspective
Description: "This occasional policy paper aims to improve the humanitarian sector?s understanding of the nexus between climate change and violent conflict. This is crucial, given that about 80 per cent of the humanitarian crises with an inter-agency humanitarian appeal are conflict related, and climate change is expected to exacerbate this. The chair?s summary of the World Humanitarian Summit made it clear that in order to prevent conflict, a complementary approach which includes addressing climate change, is needed. The High-Level Panel on Humanitarian Financing also highlighted ?the growing inter-linkages between humanitarian, development, peacekeeping and climate change-related interventions” and their relevance for humanitarian action. This paper suggests a series of indicators and new metrics for assessing the risk of climate change-induced conflict for 157 countries covering more than 99 per cent of the world?s population. The aim is to identify indicators that can help to identify countries that are exposed to what is described here as the climate-conflict nexus, i.e, the intersection between two key factors: weak institutions and pre-existing social fragility, as well as climate change vulnerability. Measuring and quantifying these interlinks, particularly their humanitarian impact, is essential for delivering on the High-Level Panel?s call to reflect their implications in humanitarian finance allocations. This paper identifies 20 countries [including Myanmar] in the climate-conflict nexus. They encompass some 780 million people living mostly in South Asia, South-East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. All of the countries in the climate-conflict nexus are low- or lower-middle-income nations, where the international humanitarian system is already actively providing life-saving assistance to millions of people affected by recurrent humanitarian crises......Contains a short case study of Cyclone Nargis, Myanmar...
Source/publisher: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
Date of publication: 2016-04-30
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-01
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Title: A SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION IN MYANMAR
Description: "Myanmar is exposed to a wide range of natural hazards, triggering different types of small scale to large-scale disasters across the country?s territory. A total of 27 natural disasters have been recorded between 1980 and 2010, causing the death of approximately 140,000 people, and affecting the lives and livelihoods of 3.9 million people; an average of 125,000 people a year. By far the most devastating natural disaster in Myanmar?s history, cyclone Nargis tore through the Delta region in May 2008, affecting 2.4 million people and claiming the lives of 135,000?.
Source/publisher: MYANMAR DRR WORKING GROUP
Date of publication: 2013-05-31
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-25
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Title: Mangroves as protection from storm surges in a changing climate (English)
Description: Abstract: "Adaptation to climate change includes addressing sea level rise and increased storm surges in many coastal areas. Mangroves can substantially reduce the vulnerability of the adjacent coastal land from inundation and erosion. However, climate change poses a large threat to mangroves. This paper quantifies the coastal protection provided by mangroves for 42 developing countries in the current climate, and a future climate change scenario with a one-meter sea level rise and 10 percent intensification of storms. The benefits of the coastal protection provided by mangroves are measured in terms of population and gross domestic product at a reduced risk from inundation; the loss of benefits under climate change is measured as the increased population and gross domestic product at risk. The findings demonstrate that although sea level rise and increased storm intensity would increase storm surge areas and the amounts of built resources at risk, the greatest impact is the expected loss of mangroves. Under current climate and mangrove coverage, 3.5 million people and roughly $400 million in gross domestic product of are at risk. In the future climate change scenario, the vulnerable population and gross domestic product at risk would increase by 103 and 233 percent, respectively. The greatest risk is in East Asia, especially in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Myanmar"
Author Blankespoor, Brian; Dasgupta, Susmita; Lange, Glenn-Marie;
Source/publisher: World Bank
Date of publication: 2016-03-14
Date of entry/update: 2016-03-17
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Title: Seismic Hazard Analysis for Myanmar
Description: "In this study, the seismic hazards of Myanmar are analyzed based on both deterministic and probabilistic scenarios. The area of the Sumatra?Andaman Subduction Zone is newly defined and the lines of faults proposed previously are grouped into nine earthquake sources that might affect the Myanmar region. The earthquake parameters required for the seismic hazard analysis (SHA) were determined from seismicity data including paleoseismological information. Using previously determined suitable attenuation models, SHA maps were developed. For the deterministic SHA, the earthquake hazard in Myanmar varies between 0.1 g in the Eastern part up to 0.45 g along the Western part (Arakan Yoma Thrust Range). Moreover, probabilistic SHA revealed that for a 2% probability of exceedance in 50 and 100 years, the levels of ground shaking along the remote area of the Arakan Yoma Thrust Range are 0.35 and 0.45 g, respectively. Meanwhile, the main cities of Myanmar located nearby the Sagaing Fault Zone, such as Mandalay, Yangon, and Naypyidaw, may be subjected to peak horizontal ground acceleration levels of around 0.25 g."
Nanthaporn Somsa-Ard, Santi Palioplee
Source/publisher: JOURNAL OF EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI
Date of publication: 2013-10-31
Date of entry/update: 2016-03-02
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