Asia Pacific Region: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (3 - 9 June 2014)

SRI LANKA
Following flash floods and landslides due to heavy rain that occurred in southwest Sri Lanka at the beginning of June 2014, the Government has reported that 24 people died, 10 people were injured, and 1 person is missing, while nearly 120,000 people have been affected. The National Disaster Relief Services Centre is currently providing emergency relief assistance to disaster-affected communities who are currently staying in welfare centres.
Source: Disaster Management Centre, OCHA

SRI LANKA
While southwestern areas of the country are experiencing heavy rain, other locations have been in the grip of a drought which has left 770,000 people in need of food, water, and credit/cash assistance according to a multi-sector rapid assessment conducted by the UN, INGOs, and Government. An estimated 280,000 metric tons of paddy harvest were lost and small-scale farmers are facing difficulties repaying the loans they obtained to harvest the rain-fed paddy season in 2013. It is not expected that impact on the drought will ease because of the recent heavy rains.
Source: OCHA Sri Lanka

BANGLADESH
Following inter-religious clashes with settlers in Khagrachari, around 250 members of minority groups, who have been subject to similar violence in the recent past, have crossed the border seeking shelter in Tripura, India. Humanitarian organizations based in the Hill Tracts Region of Bangladesh are assessing the situation to provide required relief items.
Source: OCHA

SOLOMON ISLANDS
The Ministry of Health has declared a nationwide alert, with diarrhoea outbreaks reported in six of nine Solomon Islands provinces, including Western, Choiseul, Malaita, Central, Makira, Honiara and Guadalcanal Provinces. The outbreaks have been confirmed as rotavirus, affecting more than1,000 people and resulting in the death of at least 18 young children. Diarrhoea rates are decreasing in flood-affected Guadalcanal and Honiara, however, two deaths were reported at Good Samaritan Hospital in Guadalcanal due to severe dehydration.
Source: WHO

PRECIPITATION
According to the latest precipitation forecast, below normal rainfall is expected across Indonesia and parts of eastern Australia. Above average rainfall is expected across the northern Pacific.
Source: IRI

Ongoing Emergencies
Solomon Islands: Floods
Philippines: Typhoon Haiyan
Philippines: Zamboanga
Myanmar: Rakhine State
Myanmar: Kachin State