GDACS Daily Newsletter for 6/27/2011

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 6/27/2011

This daily newsletter provides an overview of the natural disasters that happened in the last 24 hours and response measures for ongoing disasters. GDACS currently covers earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones, volcanic eruptions and floods. The color coding (red, orange, green) is related to the estimated humanitarian impact of the event.

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Disaster events in the last 24 hours

GDACS detected the following potential disasters. For up-to-date media coverage, latest maps and ReliefWeb content related to these disasters, please go to GDACS homepage.

Earthquakes (source JRC, USGS and EMSC)

Automatic impact report (JRC) Indonesia, (M 6.4, depth 20.6km, 76000 people) NEIC—Sunday, June 26, 2011 12:16:00 PM UTC Documents from other organisations USGS Shakemap

Current tropical cyclones (source JRC and Pacific Disaster Center)

Automatic impact report (JRC) MEARI-11 in NWPacific PDC—27 Jun 2011 Tropical Storm MEARI-11 affected few people with winds above 39mph (63 km/h) and few people with hurricane wind strengths (74mph or 119 km/h). In addition, few people are living in coastal areas below 5m and can therefore be affected by storm surge.

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Discussions in Virtual OSOCC

The GDACS Virtual OSOCC is a forum for emergency managers. If you are involved in an ongoing emergency as a local emergency management authority or as an international responder, please provide your information in the GDACS Virtual OSOCC. The following emergencies are currently open.

Puyehue Volcano Eruption - Chile/Argentina 14-Jun-2011 10:33

Cote d'Ivoire Humanitarian Crisis 7-Apr-2011 01:02

Libyan humanitarian crisis 25-Feb-2011 18:42

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ReliefWeb Situation Reports

More content on ongoing disasters on ReliefWeb.

Monthly Humanitarian Update, May 2011 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 13:04:12 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Afghanistan Key Points ? 2011 CAP is 60 per cent funded. ? The IDP population has further increased to an estimated 433,066 individuals as of April 2011. ? Between 2002-2011, it is estimated that between 5.5 and 6 million refugees returned to Afghanistan, of whom UNHCR has assisted the return of 4,556,743 refugees as of May 2011. ? National figures indicate the silent crisis of the 42% (5,000,000) children who are not in school due to poverty and vulnerability.

Philippines Mindanao Response - Situation Update on Flooding No. 5 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 07:51:06 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Philippines (the) SITUATION OVERVIEW The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has raised storm warnings in many parts of Luzon due to tropical depression ?Falcon?. Forecasts for central Mindanao show continued scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. On 25 June, the DSWD reported a total affected population of 845,449 people across regions X, XI, XII and ARMM in Mindanao. Teams from the army and civilians are assisting the efforts to remove accumulated water hyacinths continue on the Rio Grande de Mindanao. Dislodged by weeks of heavy rain, the accumulation spans approximately 16 km, it is unknown when the efforts will be completed. The Damage and Needs Assessment (DANA) was conducted from 15 to 20 June under the auspices of the ARMM Government and jointly conducted with UN agencies, INGOs and local NGOs. The assessment results will serve as inputs to a shared post-disaster DANA Report to be released on Monday 27 June. On Thursday 23, June a meeting was convened by TMG Director Romeo Diocolano in Cotabato to discuss preliminary results from the assessment and agree on final cluster reporting modalities. The final DANA Report will include a two page summary per cluster, including the response to-date, key findings, and priority areas/recommendations. OCD-ARMM will lead the consolidation of the report with the assistance of OCHA. On 24 June, Social Welfare and Development Secretary Soliman asked the UN Resident Coordinator / Humanitarian Coordinator to support the government in providing assistance to 36,232 flood-affected families (about 181,160 persons) in Cotabato City. Ten days worth of food (i.e. rice, canned goods, noodles, drinking water), non-food items (i.e. tents, tarpaulins, blankets), latrines and medical supplies have been requested. Assistance in logistics, transportation of relief items to Cotabato City, funding to finance other relief items and early recovery initiatives were also welcomed.

South Kordofan Situation Report No. 8 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 01:09:22 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Sudan (the) HIGHLIGHTS ? Continued air strikes and artillery shelling by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) particularly in the eastern and southern parts of the Nuba mountains have reportedly resulted in civilian casualties ? Humanitarian partners are still unable to freely access the civilian population in Kadugli, including the 7,000 people who were instructed by local authorities to return to the town ? Four of the six UNMIS national staff detained by local authorities in Kadugli airport on 22 June are still being held ? 137 southern Sudanese returnees who had been stranded in Kadugli were transported on 23 June to El Obeid and arrangements are being made for their onward transportation to southern Sudan ? WFP has distributed food, though local partners, to 42,000 vulnerable people

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UNOSAT Maps

See all maps produced by UNOSAT.

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ReliefWeb Maps

More maps in ReliefWeb Map Centre.

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Created on 6/27/2011 8:04:18 AM.