ASIA-PACIFIC REGION 5 - 11 MAY 2010

Natural Disasters and Other Events being monitored by the OCHA Regional Office for the Asia-Pacific
ULAANBAATAR Probability of Above/Below
MONGOLIA Normal Precipitation Legend
1 May to Jul 2010
OCHA Office or Presence
Above normal rainfall
BEIJING
DPR KOREA Country Capital
7 PYONGYANG
AKSAI
SEOUL Territory Capital
CHIN normal
RO KOREA Flooded Areas
CHINA TOKYO
JAMM U
KASHM IR
J A PA N Below Normal Rainfall Earthquake
B H U TA N Source: The International Research Institute for Climate and
NEW DELHI NEPAL ARUNASHAL
Society - Apr 2010 Forecast for the May-Jun-Jul season
2 PRADESH
KATHMANDU THIMPHU

6 ng TAIPEI
Map Doc Name:
DHAKA M YA N M A R n gdo OCHA_ROAP-Sitmap_100511
INDIA Gua
HANOI GLIDE Number(s):
LAO ST-2010-000085-CHN (China)
BANGLADESH PDR Northern CW-2010-000010-MNG (Mongolia)
VIENTIANE
South Mariana
YANGON China Islands (U.S.) Creation Date: 11 May 2010
7 PA C I F I C
THAILAND Sea SAIPAN
Projection/Datum: Behrmann/WGS84
Bay of 7
BANGKOK 4 MANILA
OCEA N Web Resources: http://ochaonline.un.org/roap
AGANA
Bengal CAMBODIA
PHNOM PENH PHILIPPINES Guam (U.S.)
0 500 1,000 1,500

SRI LANKA VIETNAM Kilometers

PALIKIR MAJURO
KOROR Map data source(s):
SRI UN Cartographic Section, Food and Agriculture
JAYEWARDENEPURA PA L A U MICRONESIA (FSO) Organization (FAO), Global Discovery,
KOTTE GDACS, PDC, IRI.
KUALA LUMPUR
MALE BRUNEI DARUSSALAM K I R I B A T I
M A L AY S I A Disclaimers:
3 TARAWA The boundaries and names shown and the
SINGAPORE NAURU designations used on this map do not imply
INDIA N YAREN
official endorsement or acceptance by the
United Nations.
OC EA N
I N D O N E S I A
JAKARTA Sulawesi 5
Tenggara PAPUA SOLOMON
ISLANDS TUVALU
NEW GUINEA Funafuti
Tokelau (N.Z.)
DILI
Christmas Island (Aus.) HONIARA
TIMOR-LESTE PORT MORESBY

Cocos (Keeling) Island (Aus.) Wallis and APIA SAMOA

Matu Utu
1. Mongolia - The CAP appeal for the Mongolian Dzud will 3. Indonesia - A very large EQ measuring 7.4 M rocked 5. Indonesia - Flooding caused by torrential rain has insurgency by Maoists, in Thailand because of the
Futuna (Fra.)
be launched in Geneva on 12 May. Source: OCHA northern Sumatra, close to Banda Aceh on 9 May. A tsunami inundated 7 villages in Kolaka, Sulawesi Tenggara province, continuing "red shirt" protests, andAmerican
in DPR Korea because
PAGO PAGO
warning was issued but later withdrawn. Minor damage was between 8-10 May. Source: GDACS, Media
VA N U AT U ofFheightened
IJI tensions with the Republic of Korea.
2. Nepal - A nationwide strike called by the Maoist party, reported. Source: ICG
Samoa (US)
which began on 2 May was called off after 6 days because Source: GDACS, PDC, OCHA
AUSTRALIA 6. China - Flooding in Guangdong Province PORT-VILA
which started on SUVA ALOFI
of the difficulties being faced by "general people". The strike 5 May, left 19 dead and more than 1 million affected. Niue (N.Z.)
brought the country to a virtual standstill. The Maoists 4. Philippines - Early results from the Philippine presidential Source: ReliefWeb, Media New Caledonia (Fra.)
pledged to continue with other forms of protests. election indicate that Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino has a NUKU'ALOFA TONGA
Source: Media sizeable lead. At least 6 people have been killed by political 7. ICG's May Crisis Watch newsletter describes the situation
violence during the election. Source: Media as "deteriorating" in India because of the escalating