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Situation Briefing – Cyclone IDAI

Wednesday 20 March, 2018

Agenda:

Situation OverviewResponse UpdateKey ChallengesCoordination Update – Maputo & Field Coordination

Situation Overview – Cyclone IDAI

Prior to Making Landfall:

141,000 people, with 66 deaths recorded and 111 people injured

;

17,100 people are estimated to be displaced

in

Zambezia

and

Tete, with 10 transit centres established in Zambezia and 2 in Tete.

Tropical Cyclone

Idai

made landfall during the night of 14 to 15 March 2019

:

Sofala

,

Manica

,

Zambezia

and

Inhambane

provinces have been hardest hit. At least 48 deaths being reported, expected to rise in the coming days.

Situation Overview – Cyclone IDAI

Highlights:

Government has declared a national emergency and three days of national mourning

starting on 20 March.

Official death toll from Cyclone

Idai’s

landfall has reportedly risen to at least 202 and is expected to increase in the days ahead.

Flood waters are predicted to rise significantly in the coming days and 350,000 people are at risk.

Situation Overview – Cyclone IDAI

Overview:

An estimated

260,000 children have reportedly been affected

Situation is likely to deteriorate, and the number of people affected is likely to increase.

Weather experts predict heavy rainfall in

Sofala

and

Manica

provinces from 19 to 21 March

Reports that flood waters may rise up to around eight

metres

(26 feet) and at least 350,000 people are at risk.

Aerial survey of

Buzi

area – home to more than 200,000 people, more than 50 kilometers of land in

Buzi

town had been submerged.

Immediate Response – Updates

Immediate priority is search and rescue for people stranded and isolated by flood waters, with priority being given to trauma victims. Indian Navy and the South African Air Force are supporting Government-led efforts to evacuate survivors from

Buzi to Beira.Barges and small boats are being used to gather people at designated points, from where they can be evacuated to accommodation centres in Beira Port.

International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) to

mobilise

additional search and rescue, , particularly teams with floods response experience.

UNDAC teams will arrive today and tomorrow and deploy to the field with coordination, IHP and

MapAction

-IM support.EMT coordinator on ground from WHO. WFP continues to carry-out airlifts of high-energy biscuits and other vital supplies from Beira. On 19 March, 7,550 shelter kits and 100 family tents funded by UKaid arrived in Mozambique. The kits can provide emergency shelter for up to 38,000 people

Key Challenges:

Common storage and air capacity to move suppliesRoad access to bring supplies in; main road routes have been cut due to flooding.

Access to assess and assist populations surrounding Beira Town; additional locations cut off due to flooding

Field Coordination:

Maputo Coordination:

Daily Situation Briefings, 11 am UNDP

Inter-Cluster Coordination Meetings/INGC

Clusters - weekly meetings w/line ministries

4w Mapping of partner presence

Biera

/

Sofala Coordination:First step on ground, meet with OCHA at the operations center your arrival and connect with Cluster focal point on groundCluster focal points being established

Quelimani

/

Zambezia

Coordination:

Inter-agency coordination currently being facilitated by Michael UNICEF in support of the INCG

First step on ground meet with Michael, cluster focal points to be established in

Quelimani

, contacts will be circulated

.

Chimoio

/

Manica

:

Inter-agency coordination currently being facilitated by WFP/UNICEF in support of the INCG

First step on ground meet with WFP/UNICEF

Cyclone IDAI Response – Registration Form

Contact Information-

Name: ____________________________________________

Agency/Organization:

___________________________________________

Title: ____________________________________________

Phone: ____________________________________________

Email: ____________________________________________

Whatsapp: ____________________________________________Todays Date:

Staffing Capacity -

List Number of Staff by Sector & Technical Expertise (

ie

. # of WASH staff; if there are engineers, # of nursing staff):

Sectors:

Number of staff by sector:

Date of Arrival:

Date of Departure:

Technical Expertise:

Any staff reported missing on ground:

Cyclone IDAI Response – Registration Form

Supplies-

-List of Items available in country (please specify exact location where they are located):

-List of items to arrive in Mozambique (please specify date they arrive in country and where they are arriving from):