Myanmar: Flood and Cyclone Snapshot (16 September 2015)

OVERVIEW FUNDING
Heavy rains since June 2015 have caused floods and
landslides in several parts of Myanmar. On 30 July, Cyclone
US$75.5 million
needed to help 580,000 people
Komen made landfall in Bangladesh, bringing strong winds
KACHIN (August to December 2015)
and additional heavy rains to Myanmar. This resulted in INDIA
widespread flooding across 12 of the country's 14 states
and regions, temporarily displacing over 1.6 million people. CHINA $23 million
received so far
Humanitarian and development partners are supporting the
SAGAING
government to address the immediate humanitarian needs
of 580,000 people and to support the recovery of all 70% 30%

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flood-affected communities. Continued support is needed to not funded funded

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help people rebuild their livelihoods, especially in rural areas

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CHIN
where vast areas of farmland were destroyed. The Govern- RESPONSE

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ment of Myanmar is leading response and recovery efforts
with support from national and international partners.
MANDALAY
SHAN
>455,000
reached with food assistance
IMPACT MAGWAY LAOS
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
NAYPYITAW Trained case workers are deployed across affected
>34.6 million RAKHINE
KAYAH townships providing psychosocial support services
census population in affected townships
8.2 million
BAGO

>1.6 million KAYIN within flood affected areas reached by Lifeline

Radio programmes
temporarily displaced since July
Bay of Bengal

>550,000
YANGON
THAILAND
1,525
AYEYARWADY government mobile (404) and temporary (1,121)
children affected MON
health clinics providing health services across

>840,000
affected areas

acres of farmland destroyed

>136,000
water sources have been cleaned
>4,100 Andaman Sea TANINTHARYI

schools damaged, including 608 destroyed

>13,000
>21,000 emergency shelter kits distributed or about to be
houses destroyed
distributed

>468,000 Flood affected townships

5,000
houses damaged dignity kits delivered
The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
Creation date: 16 Sep 2015 Glide number: FL-2015-000089-MMR Sources: MIMU, RRD, UNOCHA Feedback: ochamyanmar@un.org www.unocha.org www.reliefweb.int