This map shows damages to dwellings in the Northern Division. The information used is from the Provincial Preliminary Assessment Reports conducted on 30 December. More detailed assessments are currently being finalized. This map will be revised to include further data as it becomes available. This map also identifies schools which have reported damages.

This map shows damages to dwellings recognized by the Government of Fiji as having legal owner occupiers, legal tenants or recognized settlements. NGOs will be undertaking a detailed shelter assessment of all informal settlements not included in formal assessments to be completed by the end of January. This map will be revised to include all housing damages once assessments are finalized. This map also identifies schools which have reported damages.

1. Philippines - TC Bopha (Pablo) struck the southern Philippines in early December. Concerns for acute respiratory infections in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental provinces have declined since mid-December. The risk of floods and landslides due to heavy rains persists in typhoon-affected areas hampering humanitarian activities. The revised Action Plan will be launched in Manila on 25 January. More recently a low pressure area affected areas in Mindanao causing flash floods and a landslide affecting nearly 5,000 people. Source: OCHA

This report provides a detailed analysis of damages observed in Lautoka and surrounding towns, Western Province, Fiji. Worldview 2 Satellite imagery acquired on 20 December 2012 and Quick Bird acquired on 07 April 2012 was used for this report. Building damages in Lautoka appears to be limited to roof damages and debris. The most severe building damages observed in the imagery appear to be within the surrounding communities of Lautoka. In addition to building damages sections of forests are observed to have collapsed from the cyclone winds.

Link: Samoa and Fiji: Tropical Cyclone Evan - Information Bulletin No. 1

This map shows the actual track of Tropical Cyclone Evan in Fiji. It includes population data from the 2007 Census as well as information on the 65 Evacuation Centers (with approximately 4,000 evacuees) as at Monday, 17 December. Currently, there are 147 Evacuation Centres (with approximately 8,416 evacuees). This map will be updated when location information on additional Evacuation Centers is available.

Description:

The maps opposite show rainfall patterns for Sep-Oct-Nov (southern hemisphere spring) and for Dec-Jan-Feb (southern hemisphere winter) generated from a merged analysis of precipitation from 1979 to 2003.
The top row shows the average daily rainfall that prevails for the given period and ENSO conditions. Darker colors indicate more rain.