UNDRO 91/1180

MYANMAR - FLOODS
UNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO. 1
26 JULY 1991

1. TORRENTIAL RAINS SINCE 13 JULY, HAVE CAUSED CHINDWIN RIVER IN NORTHERN MYANMAR TO EXCEED ITS DANGER LEVEL BY 346 CM, THUS ERODING RIVER BANKS AND FLOODING PARTS OF SAGAING ADM. DIVISION.

2. UNDRO/UNDP REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS 3,212 HOUSEHOLDS AFFECTED AND 17,570 PEOPLE RELOCATED TO HIGHER GROUND WHERE 9 RELIEF CAMPS OPENED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

3. GOVT OF MYANMAR IS REQUESTING INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE IN RELIEF EFFORTS. PRELIMINARY LIST OF EMERGENCY NEEDS INCLUDES BLANKETS, KITCHEN UTENSILS, CORRUGATED IRON SHEETS, HEALTH KITS, CLOTHING, WATER TANKS, AND RUBBER RAFTS.

4. UNDRO/UNDP REPRESENTATIVE LEAVING FOR JOINT UN ASSESSMENT MISSION TO AFFECTED AREA IN COMING DAYS.

5. CASH CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THIS EMERGENCY CAN BE PAID AGAINST UNDRO'S ACCOUNT NO. CO-590.160.1, SOCIETE DE BANQUE SUISSE, CASE POSTALE 2770, 1211 GENEVE 2 WITH MENTIONING FOR 'UNDRO, MYANMAR, FLOODS'.

6. FOR CO-ORDINATION PURPOSES, PLEASE INFORM UNDRO IMMEDIATELY AS INDICATED BELOW OF PLEDGES/CONTRIBUTIONS (SPECIFYING VALUE BY ITEM).

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DPR 310 MYR

UNDRO 91/1269

MYANMAR - FLOODS
UNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO. 2
14 AUGUST 1991

1. UNDRO/UNDP REPRESENTATIVE IN YANGON, REPORTS HKAMTI FLOODING HAS CONSIDERABLY EXPANDED NOW AFFECTING ALL AREAS ALONG AYEYARWADY RIVER ESPECIALLY IN LOWER DELTA NEAR PATHEIN AND HINTHADA.

2. GOVT OF MYANMAR REPORTS DYKES OF AYEYARWADY RIVER IN AYEYARWADY DIVISION SOME 150 KM FROM YANGON HAVE BROKEN AND VAST AREA INCLUDING 388,000 ACRES OF CULTIVATED LAND, HAS BEEN INUNDATED WITH AVERAGE DEPTH OF WATER 1 METER. 12 COMMUNITIES WITH 50,852 HOUSEHOLDS COMPRISING 239,000 PEOPLE AFFECTED. INITIAL DAMAGE ASSESSMENT INCLUDES PARTIAL OR FULL DESTRUCTION OF OVER 20,000 FAMILY HOMES. INFRASTRUCTURE IN AREA DAMAGED WITH SEVERAL KILOMETERS RAILWAY STRETCH WASHED AWAY.

3. FLOODS WILL PREVENT RICE PRODUCING COMMUNITIES TO HARVEST THEIR PADDY THIS SEASON THUS CREATING A NEED FOR MEDIUM TERM REHABILITATION ASSISTANCE TO FOLLOW IMMEDIATELY AFTER EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAMME. PROVISIONAL ESTIMATES SEE HARVEST FROM 370,000 ACRES RICE PADDY AND 18,000 ACRES JUTE AS LOST.

4. IMMEDIATE RELIEF REQUIREMENTS COMPRISES CLOTHING ALSO BLANKETS FOR 239,842 PEOPLE. BASIC KITCHEN UTENSILS, WATER CONTAINERS AND WATER PURIFICATION CHEMICALS, ANTI DIARRHOEA MEDICINES, VITAMINE SUPPLEMENTS AND TARPAULINS (2,000) WITH MINIMUM SIZE 4 TIMES 4 M TO SALVAGE AND PROTECT RESIDUAL HARVEST FROM PREVIOUS SEASON. JOINT UN/GOVT RELIEF TEAM PREPARING TO VISIT MOST AFFECTED AREAS TO VERIFY EXTENT OF DAMAGE AND FURTHER ASSESSMENT OF NEEDS.

5. CASH NEED FOR IMMEDIATE UN RELIEF PROGRAMME UNDER AUSPICES OF UNDRO/UNDP REPRESENTATIVE AMOUNTS TO USD 500,000 MINIMUM.

6. CASH CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THIS EMERGENCY CAN BE PAID AGAINST UNDRO'S ACCOUNT NO. CO-590.160.1, SOCIETE DE BANQUE SUISSE, CASE POSTALE 2770, 1211 GENEVE 2 WITH MENTIONING FOR 'UNDRO MYANMAR, FLOODS'.

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DPR 310 MYR

UNDRO 91/1363

MYANMAR - FLOODS
UNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO. 3
4 SEPTEMBER 1991

1. A JOINT UN NEEDS ASSESSMENT MISSION COMPRISING UNDP/UNDRO, UNICEF, WHO AND FAO TOGETHER WITH GOVT AND TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM WORLD VISION WAS UNDERTAKEN 28-29 AUGUST AND MADE ON-SITE OBSERVATIONS IN AYEYARWADDY DIVISION OF DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY SEVERE FLOODING.

GENERAL SITUATION

2. HTEINGU EMBANKMENT IN LAYMYATNAR TOWNSHIP IN AYEYARWADDY WAS BREACHED ON 28 JULY 1991 DUE TO SWELLING OF AYEYARWADDY AND NGAWUN RIVERS RESULTING FROM INCESSANT HEAVY RAINS SINCE 13 JULY FROM WESTERN YOMA MOUNTAINS AND UNUSUALLY HIGH TIDES. AREA OF DAMAGED EMBANKMENT IS OVER 1,000 FT. LONG AND 30 FT. WIDE.

3. HTEINGU FLOOD INUNDATED 9 TOWNSHIPS WITH 1,481 VILLAGES, 83,753 HOUSE-HOLDS AND 359,976 INHABITANTS, 23 FATALITIES WERE RECORDED. 4 HOSPITALS, 32 RURAL HEALTH CENTRES, 586 SCHOOLS, 74,740 HOUSES AND 254,227 ACRES OF CULTIVATED LAND WERE FLOODED.

4. DAMAGE INCLUDES LOSS OF 18,976 DROUGHT ANIMALS, 242,732 ACRES OF PADDY AND 11,495 ACRES OF JUTE, FRUIT AND OTHER VEGETABLE CROPS. LOSSES INCURRED TO BACK YARD FARMING AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ALSO CONSIDERED SUBSTANTIAL. LOSSES OF THE GOVT, CO-OPS AND JOINT VENTURES IS ESTIMATED AS K 498.8 MILLION (USD 79.84 MILLION).

5. AS REGARD HEALTH SITUATION, OUTBREAK OF 4,573 CASES OF DIARRHOEA, 13,120 RESPIRATORY CASES AND MALARIA AND 4 CASES OF SNAKE BITE PATIENTS REPORTED. LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES CLAIM THAT MALARIA WILL SPREAD AT ACCELERATING RATE IN VERY NEAR FUTURE ESPECIALLY IF WATER DOES NOT RECEDE, SINCE THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF AYEYARWADDY IS MALARIA INFESTED. SNAKE BITE AND CHOLERA/HEPATITIS IS OF INCREASING CONCERN.

NATIONAL RESPONSE

6. MYANMAR GOVT AND PEOPLE ARE ASSISTING IN RELIEF MEASURES AND RELIEF COMMITTEES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED SYSTEMATICALLY FROM NATIONAL LEVEL TO DIVISIONAL, TOWNSHIPS AND VILLAGES TRACK. DIVISIONAL LAW AND ORDER RESTORATION COUNCIL (LORC) AND RELIEF SETTLEMENT DEPT HAVE OPENED 170 RELIEF CAMPS FOR THE AFFECTED POPULATION ON HIGHER GROUND REGISTERING 78,000 PEOPLE.

7. DONATION CENTRES ESTABLISHED ALL OVER COUNTRY. CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION RECEIVED FROM PUBLIC TO DATE IN KIND AND IN CASH NOW REGISTERED AS 1 MILLION KYATS (USD 160,000). RELIEF AND SETTLEMENT DEPT AND TOWNSHIP LORC IS PROVIDING RICE, COOKING OIL, KEROSENE AS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR TWO WEEKS FOR IN CAMP POPULATION BUT REGIONAL FOOD SUPPLY IS GETTING LOW WITH TRANSPORTATION TO AFFECTED AREAS CUT OFF.

INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE

8. UNDRO HAS GRANTED USD 15,000 FOR LOCAL PURCHASE OF IMMEDIATELY NEEDED RELIEF ITEMS.

9. GOVT OF JAPAN HAS CONTRIBUTED RELIEF SUPPLIES CONSISTING OF 1,000 BLANKETS, 3,000 SOAPS, 3,000 TOWELS, 2 MEDICAL KITS AND 250,000 WATER PURIFYING TABLETS OF TOTAL VALUE USD 117,000.

10. WORLD VISION ALLOCATED USD 42,000 FOR PROGRAMME COMPRISING PROCUREMENT OF RELIEF ITEMS.

REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE

11. OUTSTANDING EMERGENCY NEEDS INCLUDE BASIC FOOD ITEMS, CLOTHING (DETAILS AVAILABLE WITH UNDRO), BLANKETS, COOKING UTENSILS, MOSQUITO NETS (5,000) AND PLASTIC SHEETING (5,000 ROLLS). NEEDS BY SECTOR AS FOLLOWS:

12. HEALTH NEEDS COMPRISE COMPLETE EMERGENCY HEALTH KITS, VITAMINES AND MEDICAMENTS FOR TREATMENT OF MALARIA AND DIARRHOEA, FLUID INFUSION KITS, ANTI-VENOM SERUM FOR SNAKE BITES, DISPOSABLE SYRINGES, NEEDLES AND INFUSION FLUID (QUANTIFCATION TO FOLLOW). 2 UNITS 16 FOOT FLAT-BOTTOM BOATS WITH OUTBOARD ENGINE URGENTLY REQUIRED AS WATER AMBULANCES.

13. WATER AND SANITATION: WATER PURIFICATION TABLETS (2,000 PKTS), BLEACHING POWDER (10 TONS), COLLAPSIBLE WATERTANKS 5,000 LITRES CAPACITY (50), JERRY CANS 5 LITRES CAPACITY (17,000).

14. SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING FOR MOTHERS AND CHILDREN REQUIRES K-MIX (950 CARTONS) AND VEGETABLE OIL (2,850 BOTTLES).

CHANNELS FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE

15. CASH CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THIS EMERGENCY CAN BE PAID AGAINST UNDRO'S ACCOUNT NO. CO-590.160.1, SOCIETE DE BANQUE SUISSE, CASE POSTALE 2770, 1211 GENEVE 2 WITH MENTIONING FOR 'UNDRO MYANMAR, FLOODS.'

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DPR 310 MYR

UNDRO 91/1403

MYANMAR - FLOODS
UNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO. 4
13 SEPTEMBER 1991

SITUATION AND RESPONSE

1. SITUATION IN AFFECTED AREA CONTINUOUSLY SERIOUS WITH WATER LEVEL REMAINING HIGH AND ON 9 SEPTEMBER GOVERNMENT OF MYANMAR REITERATED THROUGH UNDRO ITS REQUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE IN RELIEF EFFORTS.

2. DAMAGE CAUSED BY FLOODS, AS DESCRIBED IN PREVIOUS UNDRO SITREPS, IS CONSIDERED TO BE OF MAJOR SCALE BY GOVERNMENT WHICH HAS FORMED AYEYARWADY DIVISION FLOOD RELIEF AND RESETTLEMENT CENTRAL COMMITTEE. COMMITTEE IS CHAIRED BY MINISTER OF SOCIAL WELFARE LT. GEN. TIN TUN AND IS MANDATED TO FORM VARIOUS WORK COMMITTEES TO IMPLEMENT RELIEF AND RESETTLEMENT WORK.

3. LEAGUE OF RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT SOCIETIES HAS ISSUED APPEAL FOR CHF 360,000 TO ASSIST MYANMAR RED CROSS SOCIETY IN RELIEF EFFORTS WHICH COMPRISE RELIEF SUPPLIES, PORTABLE GENERATORS, OUT-BOARD MOTORS AND CASH FOR FOOD PURCHASE.

REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE

4. REQUIREMENTS REMAIN AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. QUANTIFICATION OF NEEDS IN HEALTH SECTOR AS FOLLOWS:

• EMERGENCY HEALTH KITS: 9 (3 IMMEDIATELY NEEDED)
• ADDITIONAL SYRINGES (5CC): 10,000
• ADDITIONAL NEEDLES (24/G): 10,000
• INFUSION FLUID (INITIAL NEED) A) DEXTROSE SALINE 500 BOTTLES; B) RINGERS LACTATE 500 BOTTLES
• POLYBALANT ANTI-SNAKE VENOM (FOR COBRA AND VIPERS): 500 AMP

CONTRIBUTIONS

5. FOLLOWING IS COMPLETE LIST OF INTERNATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS AS REPORTED TO UNDRO:

UN SYSTEM		USD
UNDRO	EMERGENCY GRANT	15,000
GOVERNMENTS
AUSTRIA	CASH FOR EMERGENCY RELIEF	28,435
GERMANY	CASH FOR EMERGENCY RELIEF	8,000
JAPAN	RELIEF SUPPLIES	117,000
UK	CASH FOR EMERGENCY RELIEF	16,863
NGOS
WORLD VISION INT'L	RELIEF ASSISTANCE	42,000
TOTAL		227,298

6. CASH CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THIS EMERGENCY CAN BE PAID AGAINST UNDRO'S ACCOUNT NO. CO-590.160.1, SOCIETE DE BANQUE SUISSE, CASE POSTALE 2770, 1211 GENEVE 2 WITH MENTIONING FOR 'UNDRO MYANMAR, FLOODS.'

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DPR 310 MYR