GDACS Daily Newsletter for 10/5/2011

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 10/5/2011

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) PHILIPPE-11 in Atlantic PDC—5 Oct 2011 Tropical Cyclone PHILIPPE-11 of Saffir-Simpson Category 1 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.
	Automatic impact report (JRC) NALGAE-11 in NWPacific PDC—5 Oct 2011 Tropical Cyclone NALGAE-11 of Saffir-Simpson Category 4 affected 19.6 million people with winds above 39mph (63 km/h) and 1.1 million people with hurricane wind strengths (74mph or 119 km/h). In addition, 5 thousand 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.

6.8M Earthquake - Sikkim, INDIA 18-Sep-2011 18:39

Bahamas - Hurricane Irene 27-Aug-2011 16:55

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ReliefWeb Situation Reports

More content on ongoing disasters on ReliefWeb.

Bulletin d'information humanitaire - Province du Nord Kivu - 04 octobre 2011 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:44:31 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Democratic Republic of the Congo (the) Les faits saillants : Attaques de partenaires humanitaires dans la zone de Kitchanga, Territoire de Masisi. L?OMS rapporte 3 773 cas de cholera depuis le debut de l?annee 2011 au Nord Kivu Axe Masisi ? Kishondja impraticable suite aux eboulements causes par de fortes pluies.

Libya Response Situation Report No. 61 - 3 October 2011 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:46:58 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Libya I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES Concern over medical care in Sirte, as fighting continues About 90 per cent attendance in schools in eastern areas, psychosocial support needed More than 1,200 African migrants evacuated from IOM transit centre in Sabha to Chad Protection concerns remain about the situation of TCNs in Tripoli and IDPs from conflict areas

Bulletin d'information humanitaire - Province du Sud Kivu, 4 octobre 2011 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:14:11 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Democratic Republic of the Congo (the) Faits saillants Apres leur retour chez eux, les habitants de Sebele se deplacent encore Vacciner 130 000 bovins soutiendra l?economie locale des victimes de conflit au Sud-Kivu Les deplaces de l?axe Lulingu-Tshonka necessitent encore 3 000 kits d?abris et non vivres

Typhoon Nelgae and Nesat - Situation Report No. 3. Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:02:11 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Philippines (the) This report is produced by OCHA in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It was issued by OCHA Philippines. It covers the period from 30 Sept to 4 Oct. The next SitRep will be issued on 6 October. I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES ? Typhoon Nalgae (Quiel) traced its path along the track of Typhoon Nesat (Pedring) compounding the devastating impact on residents of northern and central Luzon. ? Philippines Red Cross highlighted food, emergency shelter, water, hygiene and sanitation (WASH) and non-food items as the most urgent needs. ? Access remains a challenge to flooded and isolated areas, with communication and power lines down. ? Eight provinces bore the brunt of Typhoon Nalgae. Four Municipalities remain under water in Bulacan and Pangasinan Provinces. ? Joint Government / HCT assessments planned in Bulacan and Pangasinan Provinces. ? No request for international assistance by Government to date.

Bedouin relocation - Threat of displacement in the Jerusalem periphery Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:36:49 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  occupied Palestinian territory Around 2,300 Bedouin reside in 20 communities in the hills to the east of Jerusalem. More than 80% of them are refugees. Over two-thirds are children. The communities have all lost access to land due to settlement expansion, most have demolition orders pending against their homes, none have access to the electricity network and only half are connected to the water network. Despite receiving humanitarian assistance, 55% of Bedouin/herding communities in Area C of the West Bank are food insecure. Over 200 families were re-located from the area in the 1990s, some by force. Of these, more than 85% report they had to abandon their traditional livelihoods. More than 500,000 Israeli civilians live in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including in East Jerusalem, built in contravention of international law. As of 1 September 2011, at least 755 Palestinians had been forcibly displaced in 2011 due to demolitions and 127 due to settler violence ? some 40% of these were Bedouin.

Bulletin d?Information Humanitaire: Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre - Septembre 2011 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:15:45 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Chad, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger (the), Nigeria, Senegal Evenements cles Preavis pour une production cerealiere 2011/2012 comprise entre 43 et 52 millions de tonnes Plus de 200.000 migrants rentres de Libye en Afrique de l?Ouest et du Centre 38.800 cas de cholera enregistres dans le Bassin du Lac Tchad Le CERF a injecte plus de $55 millions pour les urgences dans la region

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UNOSAT Maps

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ReliefWeb Maps

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Typhoon Nesat ("Pedring") and Typhoon Nalgae ("Quiel") - Affected Provinces - As of 6AM, 04 October 2011 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:55:08 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Philippines (the)

Asia-Pacific Region 28 Sep - 4 Oct 2011 - Natural Disasters and Other Events being monitored by the OCHA Regional Office for the Asia-Pacific Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:01:31 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Philippines (the), Cambodia, Thailand, Tuvalu, Viet Nam

Drought (as of 26 Sep 2011) Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:25:29 +0000 Source:  IFRC Link: Drought Information Bulletin n ? 1 Country:  Tuvalu

Typhoons (as of 3 Oct 2011) Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:22:21 +0000 Source:  IFRC Link: Typhoons - Preliminary Emergency Appeal - no MDRPH007 Country:  Philippines (the)

USG Humanitarian Assistance to Conflict-Affected Populations in Pakistan in FY 2011 (as of 30 Sep 2011) Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:14:57 +0000 Source:  US Agency for International Development Link: Pakistan Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #2, Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 - 30 September 2011 Country:  Pakistan

USG Humanitarian Assistance for Pakistan Floods (as of 3 Oct 2011) Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:08:30 +0000 Source:  US Agency for International Development Link: Pakistan Floods Fact Sheet #1 - Fiscal Year (FY) 2012, October 3, 2011 Country:  Pakistan

South Kordofan - Administrative Map - 03 October 2011 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:53:14 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Sudan (the)

Blue Nile State - Administrative Map - 03 October 2011 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:50:50 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Sudan (the)

Mapa de Acumulacion de Agua en el Suelo Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:49:04 +0000 Source:  CONRED Country:  Guatemala

Cumulative No. of Returnees, by Type, Arriving at Final Destination 30 Oct. 2010 - 27 Sept. 2011: 343,403 Total Returnees Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:41:20 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  South Sudan (Republic of)

Number of Returnees by County Arriving at Final Destination, 30 Oct. 2010 - 27 Sept. 2011: 343,403 Total Returnees Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:38:53 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  South Sudan (Republic of)

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Created on 10/5/2011 8:06:56 AM.