GDACS Daily Newsletter for 2/2/2012

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 2/2/2012

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) IGGY-12 in SEIndian
PDC—2 Feb 2012

Tropical Cyclone IGGY-12 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.

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.

No open emergencies

ReliefWeb Situation Reports

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Haiti: Bulletin humanitaire mensuel (Janvier 2012) Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:14:05 +0000
Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Haiti, Dominican Republic (the)

Faits saillants

Face au sous-financement de l?action humanitaire, le CERF accorde huit millions de dollars a Haiti Deterioration accrue de la qualite de l?eau et de l?assainissement dans les camps Le processus de relocalisation des 20 000 deplaces du Champs de Mars commence Haiti, la Republique dominicaine et les partenaires lancent un appel a l?action contre le cholera Haiti: Monthly Humanitarian Bulletin (January 2012) Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:13:56 +0000
Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Haiti, Dominican Republic (the)

OVERVIEW

To bolster underfunded humanitarian activities, Haiti receives US$ 8 million from CERF

Water quality and disludging activities in camps keep deteriorating

Relocation process of the 20,000 displaced of Champs de Mars starts

Haiti, the Dominican Republic and partners launch a call to action against cholera

Fiji: Fiji - January Floods Situation update No. 3 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:02:18 +0000
Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Fiji

? On 25 January a state of Natural Disaster was been declared over the western parts of Viti Levu where several thousand families and businesses were flooded following torrential rains from 22 to 24 January.

? 841 individuals remain in 13 evacuation centers, down from a high of over 4,000 evacuees in over 54 centers.

? Government authorities, local businesses, the Fiji Red Cross Society and community groups have been working tirelessly to restore life to normal ? assessing damage, cleaning mud and debris, restoring water and electrical supply, providing food and clothing and donations where needed.

? Current weather forecasts suggest continued rain fall from today through Friday as another low pressure system moves towards Fiji?s west coast.

Democratic Republic of the Congo (the): Situation humanitaire en Republique Democratique du Congo - Note d?information hebdomadaire a la presse, 01 fevrier 2012 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:33:48 +0000
Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Democratic Republic of the Congo (the)

Plan d?Action Humanitaire 2012: 718 millions de dollars pour redonner espoir a des millions de congolais

Le Coordonnateur humanitaire, M. Fidele Sarassoro a, au nom de toute la communaute humanitaire en Republique Democratique du Congo (RDC), lance ce 01 fevrier, a Bukavu ? dans la Province du Sud Kivu ? un appel de 718 millions de dollars americains pour apporter l?assistance d?urgence en 2012 a des centaines de milliers de congolais qui ont urgemment besoin d?arbis, d?eau potable, de nourriture, de soins de sante primaire, ainsi que de protection. Malgre d?enormes progres realises ces 10 dernieres annees, des millions de congolais attendent toujours l?assistance humanitaire pour subvenir a des besoins essentiels qui, pour certains, sont devenus un luxe.

Grace au travail des humanitaires en 2011 et a l?appui des bailleurs, plus de 7 millions de personnes ont beneficie de soins sanitaires ? y compris contre le cholera ; plus de 3 millions ont recu une assistance alimentaire, dont 1,1 million d?enfants a travers les cantines scolaires ; plus de 200 000 enfants dans les zones de conflits ont eu acces a l?education ; plus de 2 millions de personnes ont accede a l?eau potable ; plus de 500 000 personnes ? essentiellement en milieu rural ? ont ete appuyees dans la production alimentaire ; et 2 470 km de routes ont ete rehabilites dans les zones de conflit. Ce, malgre les nombreuses contraintes, notamment d?ordre securitaire et logistique.

Cette annee, l?appel de fonds dans le cadre du Plan d?Action Humanitaire 2012 de la RDC intervient dans un contexte economique et financier difficile. Les acteurs humanitaires esperent que cela n?aura pas d?effet significatif sur le financement de l?action humanitaire au risque d?exposer des millions de vies humaines.

Democratic Republic of the Congo (the): Bulletin d'information Humanitaire - Province du Nord-Kivu - N? 04/12 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:13:18 +0000
Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Democratic Republic of the Congo (the)

Faits saillants

? Plus de 20 000 personnes assistees en biens non alimentaires par Solidarites a Walikale

? 3 851 nouveaux menages deplaces (chiffres non encore confirmes) seraient arrives sur l?axe Kashebere ? Kibati et dans certaines localites a Masisi

? Persistance de cas de tracasseries militaires dans la zone de Kitchanga (Masisi)

UNOSAT Maps

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ReliefWeb Maps

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Philippines (the): Philippines: Tropical Storm Washi (Sendong) - Inter-Agency Shelter Assessment Percentage of households with flood level above 1 meter (as of 30 Jan 2012) Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:12:55 +0000
Country:  Philippines (the) Source:  REACH Sudan (the): Ongoing USG Humanitarian Assistance to Sudan (as of 31 Jan 2012) Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:35:27 +0000

Sudan - Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #2 - Fiscal Year (FY) 2012

Country:  Sudan (the) Source:  US Agency for International Development Democratic Republic of the Congo (the): RD Congo: Situation du cholera en 2011 (22 Janvier 2012) Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:13:56 +0000
Country:  Democratic Republic of the Congo (the) Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

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Created on 2/2/2012 8:02:30 AM.