GDACS Daily Newsletter for 8/11/2011

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 8/11/2011

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.

Current tropical cyclones (source JRC and Pacific Disaster Center)

Automatic impact report (JRC) THIRTEEN-11 in NWPacific PDC—11 Aug 2011 Tropical Depression THIRTEEN-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.

Haiti - Tropical Storm Emily 4-Aug-2011 16:23

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

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ReliefWeb Situation Reports

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Somalia Famine & Drought Situation Report No. 8 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:32:37 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya This report is produced by OCHA Somalia in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It was issued by OCHA in New York. It covers the period from 8 to 10 August 2011. The next report will be issued on or 15 August 2011. I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES ? A considerable increase in aid has been delivered in Mogadishu, despite continued skirmishes ? The emergency revision of the Somalia Consolidated Appeal has been completed; US$1.06 billion is being requested, of which $500 million has been received ? The Transitional Federal Government has established a disaster management agency to coordinate the provision of humanitarian assistance

Bulletin d'information humanitaire - Province du Sud-Kivu, 10 aout 2011 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:32:32 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Democratic Republic of the Congo (the), Rwanda Publication hebdomadaire provinciale produite par OCHA avec la collaboration de la communaute humanitaire Faits saillants : ? Pour la premiere fois, des FDLR comparaissent devant le tribunal militaire garnison de Bukavu ; ? Bukavu : une rencontre intercommunautaire pour endiguer les conflits fonciers a Kalehe ; ? Des attaques armees generalisees contre les civils limitent les mouvements des humanitaires.

Situation humanitaire en Republique Democratique du Congo - Note d?information hebdomadaire a la presse, 10 aout 2011 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:17:39 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Democratic Republic of the Congo (the), Rwanda Epidemie de cholera ? Le cap de 5 000 cas a ete franchi cette semaine avec un total de 5 088 cas dont 296. A la date du 9 aout, les statistiques de l?epidemie de cholera indiquent 1 604 cas dont 100 deces pour la Province du Bandundu, 1 627 cas dont 93 deces pour la Province de l?Equateur, 1 586 cas dont 82 deces dans la Province Orientale et 271 cas dont 21 deces pour la ville de Kinshasa. Dans le cadre de la reponse a l?epidemie, l?ONG Oxfam intervient en Equateur dans 4 zones de sante ou il y a flambee de cholera, avec l?installation de 35 points de chloration d?eau a Mbandaka et 32 a Makanza. Une trentaine de nouveaux points de chloration va etre installee au courant de cette semaine a Lukolela. Depuis le debut de la crise a Bolobo, dans la Province du Bandundu, OXFAM a fourni de l?eau potable a quelque 128 000 personnes a partir de 31 points de chloration d?une capacite moyenne de plus de 300 000 litres d?eau potable par jour. Oxfam travaille avec des partenaires locaux dans des programmes de promotion d?hygiene a travers les radios locales et le theatre communautaire.

Inundaciones 2010-2011: Informe de Situacion 37 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:43:07 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs I. PRIORIDADES/PUNTOS DESTACADOS ? Durante abril-julio 2011 se registraron 988.441 personas afectadas y 138 muertos. El acumulado 2010-2011 registra cerca de 4 millones de personas afectadas, 925.4330 familias y 491 muertos por la temporada invernal, 16.269 viviendas destruidas y 545.940 viviendas averiadas. ? El IDEAM, informa que comienza el periodo seco (menos lluvias) en la region andina y alerta ante la ocurrencia de posibles incendios. ? Ante el inicio de la segunda temporada de lluvias en la region Caribe la DGR recomienda mantener activos los Planes de Emergencia y Contingencia para Inundaciones y estar atentos a las recomendaciones que los organismos tecnicos del Sistema puedan emitir en determinado momento. ? Para la respuesta de la temporada invernal el Gobierno destino mas de $7 billones de pesos de los cuales se encuentran en ejecucion $ 5.5 billones, por ejecutar $1.6 billones, del total $4.5 billones estan a cargo de Colombia Humanitaria para ayuda humanitaria. Country:  Colombia

Bulletin d'information humanitaire - Province Orientale, 09 aout 2011 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:59:31 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Democratic Republic of the Congo (the) Faits saillants Des habitants du groupement de Kpachu ont fui leur village a cause d?un conflit foncier. Des deplaces subissent des tracasseries pour acceder a l?assistance humanitaire. L?Institut Pasteur de Paris confirme la fievre de Lassa a Dungu. Contexte general Un calme relatif a prevalu cette semaine dans la province. En revanche, la problematique des conflits fonciers devient de plus en plus inquietante dans le District de l?Ituri. L?on craint que cela puisse degenerer et ramener l?Ituri a la triste celebre epoque de la guerre inter communautaire des annees 2000, ayant cause de nombreuses pertes en vies humaines et des deplacements de population. Protection des civils Selon Oxfam-Quebec, des populations retournees hema de la localite de Kpachu (Territoire de Djugu, District de l?Ituri) auraient deserte leur village, depuis le samedi 06 aout, a la suite d?une attaque d?un groupe d?elements de la communaute lendu du groupement Gobi. Cet incident aurait provoque un deplacement de Kpachu vers Largu et Blukwa (60 et 70 km au nord de Bunia). Oxfam-Quebec ne dispose pas encore de statistiques de ces personnes recemment deplacees. Par ailleurs, d?apres des informations en sa possession, il y aurait quatre blesses. D?autre part, des assaillants auraient systematiquement pille Kpachu et detruit ce quils n?ont pas pu emporter. Consecutivement a ce nouveau conflit foncier, les populations des autres localites (constituees de Hema) de la region vivraient dans langoisse, craignant une eventuelle attaque dans leurs localites, surtout du fait que leurs voisins lendu commenceraient a proferer des menaces a leur egard. Solidarites/RRMP a remarque la presence de noms des autochtones sur la liste de deplaces presents sur l?axe Bwanasura - Luna (sud du territoire d?Irumu, District de l?Ituri). En outre, certains deplaces recents ne figurent pas sur ladite liste faute de payer 200 francs congolais aupres du Comite des deplaces. A ce sujet, le comite de pilotage de RRMP a recommande a Solidarites/RRMP de sensibiliser des chefs coutumiers sur la gratuite de l?assistance et le ciblage des gens a assister, d?appuyer la mise en place de comite de deplace compose d?IDPs. Selon d?autres sources humanitaires, les autorites locales voire militaires soumettent des deplaces aux travaux forces a Bwanasura. Le deplacement de ces populations du Nord-Kivu au sud de l?Irumu (en Ituri) est consecutif aux affrontements observes presentement entre les troupes gouvernementales et les rebelles ougandais (ADF/NALU). Une source humanitaire a informe qu?un groupe de commandos, operant dans la zone de Faradje (Territoire de Faradje, District du Haut-Uele), a interdit aux villageois de se rendre a Lalibe (10 km nord de Faradje) pour des travaux champetres. Les contrevenants a cette decision seront pris pour cibles. La population civile de Yakoko (en Territoire d?Opala, District de la Tshopo) a ete victime de pillages, d?extorsions et d?autres formes d?exactions perpetrees par les militaires. Une source humanitaire a rapporte des cas de menaces enregistres a l?endroit de la population de Faradje centre, Djabir et Nagero par le commando special (FARDC) depuis leur arrivee a Faradje. Au niveau du site des deplaces de Gbere, il y a eu la devastation des champs de mais. L?on on a signale des injures proferees aux femmes qui partaient puiser de l?eau et deux cas de viols (IDPs celibataires) en date du 30 juillet vers 22 heures. En outre, les militaires auraient rosse un gardien d?une ONGI humanitaire vers le pont de Dungu.

Colombia: Desplazamiento masivo (Pradera, Valle del Cauca), Informe de Situacion N?. 1 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:49:22 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Colombia Este informe fue elaborado por la oficina de OCHA Pacifico, con informacion proporcionada por Accion Social, OPS, Defensoria del Pueblo. Cubre el periodo del 05/08/2011al 08/08/2011 I. PRIORIDADES/PUNTOS DESTACADOS ? Debido a continuas hostilidades en la zona y la existencia de minas, 53 familias (144 personas), se han desplazado de zona rural del municipio de Pradera hacia el casco urbano. ? Diecisiete familias (60 personas) del Resguardo indigena de La Fria, han tenido que resguardarse de los combates. ? Es el segundo desplazamiento masivo que se presenta en la misma zona, en los ultimos cuatro meses.

Horn of Africa Drought Crisis Updates & Developments - 9 August 2011 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 06:38:44 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya SITUATION UPDATES ? From 1 ? 4 August, the number of daily arrivals of Somali refugees arriving at the Dadaab camps in Kenya has increased. About 1,500 new refugees arrive each day, an increase from 1,300 in July. ? Violence during a food distribution left seven dead in Mogadishu on 5 August. ? The Horn of Africa Drought Appeal is 46 per cent funded, requiring an additional US$1.4 billion. ? The Famine Early Warning Systems Network forecasts worsening drought conditions for the coming months, particularly in northern Kenya, with a food insecure population of 3.2 million. ? On 6 August al-Shabaab started to pull out from Mogadishu. ? The United States has approved $105 million in new drought and famine aid to East Africa.

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UNOSAT Maps

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Crisis Atlas of Afgooye Corridor, Somalia (28 July 2011) UNOSAT  10 Aug 2011 3:30:55 PM This atlas provides detailed crisis satellite imagery coverage over the large concentration of Somali IDPs encamped along the main road between the cities of Afgooye and Mogadishu, Somalia. Note certain areas populated with IDP tent shelters are not visible within the imagery because of local cloud cover. It is produced by UNITAR/UNOSAT in support of international humanitarian assistance in the Horn of Africa following the extreme drought. The atlas is based on crisis satellite imagery acquired on 28 July 2011 and has been designed for easy printing and readability on A4 and A3 paper. Individual map sheets were designed at 1:7,500 scale. Satellite Data (1): WV02 Imagery Dates: 28 July 2011 Resolution : 50cm Copyright: DigitalGlobe 2011 Source: European Space Imaging Camp Data : UNOSAT/UNHCR Road Data: Google Map Maker Other Data: USGS, NGA Analysis : UNITAR / UNOSAT Production: UNITAR / UNOSAT Coordinate System: UTM Zone 38N Datum: WGS 1984 Analysis conducted with ArcGIS v10

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ReliefWeb Maps

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Mogadishu IDP Influx - 04 August 2011 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:10:59 +0000 Source:  UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country:  Somalia

Eastern Africa - Reference Map (as of 3 Aug 2011) Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:55:14 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya

Red Sea State Administrative Map - 02 August 2011 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:52:20 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Sudan (the)

Gedaref State Administrative Map - 03 August 2011 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:50:32 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Sudan (the)

Blue Nile Administrative Map - 03 August 2011 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:48:26 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Sudan (the)

Update 1: Emergency Assessment of Ifo Refugee Camps, Garissa, N. Eastern, Kenya Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:35:38 +0000 Source:  UN Institute for Training and Research, UNOSAT This map presents satellite-derived information on the current extent and location of the Ifo camp and Ifo extension (approved by Kenyan authorities for operation on 14 July 2011) within the Dadaab area. There is clear tent expansion of Ifo camp and the beginings of organized tent placement in the southern edge of the Ifo extension. This is a preliminary assessment and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send feedback to UNITAR/UNOSAT at the contact information below. Additional reports will be produced as new imagery becomes available. Note: Map in 3 pages Country:  Kenya, Somalia

Humanitarian Snapshot (July 2011) Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:17:22 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Indonesia

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