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IFNet Newsletter August 2011 issue
Aug 2, 2011 / IFNet secretariat
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MAJOR FLOODS on August 2011
1.Water-related disasters in Asia
1-1 Floods in Republic of India
Since
the 10th of July, some severe floods have occurred in the northern
area, Assam region, due to monsoon rain, and a lot of villages were
affected by the floods of the River Brahmaputra. Government authority
said that the death toll was 539 people as of August 17th.
http://reliefweb.int/node/436108
http://www.adrc.asia/view_disaster_en.php?NationCode=356&lang=en&KEY=1525
1-2 Floods in Republic of the Philippines
Tropical
storm Nock-Ten hit on the eastern mountain areas of the Philippines'
main island Luzon on the 3rd of August. And Muifa, named after a
Chinese flower, stayed offshore on the Philippine Sea east of the main
island of Luzon, and caused heavy rains and high coastal tides. The
combined death toll by Tropical Storm Nock-ten and Typhoon Muifa in the
Philippines has raised to 70, with threats of another storm in the
rain-battered country, the government said on the 6th of August.
http://reliefweb.int/node/438387
http://www.ndcc.gov.ph/
1-3 Floods and landslides in Korea
In
the last month, July, some landslides and flash floods have occurred in
the neighbor of the Seoul City on July 27 due to the heavy rain, which
killed at least 32 people.
Worstly, a single landslide crashed into
a mountain resort area at Chuncheon, east of Seoul, destroying three
small hotels and killing at least 13 people.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/27/korea-landslide-idUSL3E7IR01220110727
http://reliefweb.int/node/436277
http://reliefweb.int/node/437770
1-4 Floods in Thailand
In
August, some floods have occurred in the northern area of Thailand due
to the Nock Ten storm. As of August 9, the storm had left a trail of
death and damage in its wake. More than 1.1 million people have been
affected, with 20 people killed, another missing and 11 others injured.
Floods have swamped close to 620,000 rai* of farmland, and affected
6,809 villages in 21 provinces. (*1rai=1600m2)
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/Riverside-residents-warned-to-prepare-for-floods-30162274.html
2.Updated information about the Great East Japan Earthquake
Five
months passed after the Great East Japan Earthquake, the recovery and
reconstruction works are vigorously progressed. Also some research
institute have conducted the detailed research on the damage of
infrastructure.
The latest IDI QUARTERLY (No.56, July 2011)
introduced the restoration activities from the Great East Japan
Earthquake and Tsunami as below.
Contents
- Four months after the huge earthquake and the tsunami, Present status
- Advantageous effect of tsunami breakwater constructed in the port of Kamaishi
- Restoration status of the river and seacoast protection facilities
- Damages of the roads and the restoration status
In
this IDI QUARTERLY, a strategic operation called 'Operation COMB' was
reported. This operation aimed at securing the eastward emergency roads
from inland trunk line route No.4(north-south direction) to the Pacific
coast just like the teeth of a comb. Due to this operation, 7 days
after the huge earthquake, most of rubbles on the roads were taken away
and uneven road surfaces were repaired.
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/000138154.pdf
Cabinet Office
http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/incident/index.html
Public Works Research Institute
http://www.pwri.go.jp/eindex.html
IDI QUARTERLY
http://www.idi.or.jp/english/41idiquarterly.htm
IDI has been publishing the free quarterly journal 'IDI Quarterly'
since1996 for the purpose of introducing information relating to public
works and construction technology to foreign countries. IDI has
distributed the journal to administration officials in more than 90
countries around the world by e-mail.
3.Introduction
of IDI's activities: Preparatory Planning Study for Meghna River Basin
Management in the People's Republic of Bangladesh, March 2011
The
study mainly focuses on the Meghna River Basin (the so-called Upper
Meghna) and haor areas in that basin. It aims at examining the
direction and approach for technical support that will contribute to
implement effective river basin management and to mitigate flood
disasters including those of flash floods.
After the implementation
of this technical support, it is expected that flood damage mitigation
measures in the Upper Meghan Basin will become more effective and that
poverty reduction and improvement of livelihoods will be realized
in the haor areas. In addition, local disaster prevention capacity in
this area will be strengthen in future.
Final Report(Japanese), MARCH 2011)
http://lvzopac.jica.go.jp/external/library?func=function.opacsch.mmindex&view=view.opacsch.toshoshozodsp&shoshisbt=1&shoshino=0000255935&volno=0
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