ASEAN Weekly Disaster Update, 08 – 14 April 2019
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Regional Summary (Week 15)
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Scattered rain showers has been observed in the equatorial, southern ASEAN region, the Philippines, and some portions of the Mekong sub-region. However, smoke haze continued to be observed in the northern Mekong sub-region, specifically in northern Thailand, northern Lao PDR, and eastern Myanmar. Transboundary Smoke Haze Alert Level 3 is still raised over the northern Mekong sub-region.
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Seismically, the region was active with 16 recorded earthquakes of magnitude 5.0 and above. All of these happened across Indonesia. The strongest earthquake is a M6.8, with it’s epicentre near Banggai Islands in Central Sulawesi. This prompted authorities to raise a tsunami alert. Residents surrounding the area evacuated to higher grounds. Fortunately, not much impact resulted from the strong quake. Just September last year, a M6.8 earthquake hit Palu in the other side of Central Sulawesi, resulting to major damages.
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The ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre (ASMC) expects continuity of scattered rain showers in most of the region; with the exemption of the northern Mekong sub-region, which is forecasted to experience a generally dry weather with hotspots and hazy conditions.
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The reported disasters were within the coping capacity of the respective member states.