RW COVID-19 page: Find latest updates on global humanitarian responses. Medical teams have been sent from within and outside provinces to assist and these teams will remain functional until the normal medical services are restored. II. d. restoration of agricultural production 30. List of organizations that are actively providing ReliefWeb with content. 82. The statistics have been useful in that they showed the scale of the problems facing the provincial governments but more focus was needed to highlight the specific needs of the most vulnerable groups and this has now been requested. The mission was accompanied by two officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs. In the more remote areas some hamlets had received very little or no aid at all. Along the dykes and in the relocation camps, medical clinics were well organized to provide free health care. 16. Stay at Changde for the night, 08:00-12:00 - Travel to Changsha by bus (200km) Because of the scale of the flood disaster there was a need to identify the most vulnerable segments of the affected population and at the same time to distinguish between the overall need for development and the needs resulting from the flood. They should be provided with temporary shelter materials and tents, and material for emergency repair of damaged houses when the water recedes. Only in this way is farming possible, as the rivers often flow at levels considerably higher than the surrounding farmland (reportedly by more than 7 meters during the flooding). A highly organized and efficient mechanism existed at provincial and county level for the management and delivery of emergency aid. In June and July the provinces in the Yangtze river basin were hit by storms and torrential rains. In the medium term improvement in this area should be a priority. On the day of arrival, the UNDAC mission was briefed in Beijing by the United Nations Resident Coordinator, the United Nations Disaster Management Team (UNDMT) and the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs. 76. It was reported to be the worst flood since 1998, and not 100 years as some in Beijing have said. 11. The dykes are unprotected, with narrow banks only a few meters wide with water on both sides, and the people are totally exposed to the sun, wind, cold and rain. Tents have been shown to be very useful for those families repairing their houses. The Government reports such agricultural losses at 2.8 million hectares of farmland affected of which 1.8 million were totally destroyed as well as losses of tens of thousands of pigs and draught animals (cattle and water buffalo) and hundreds of thousands of fish ponds. The reporting frequency has increased from monthly to weekly for most diseases associated to the relief phase of floods. Daily reporting is required for cholera and plague. There is a clear need to improve the living conditions of the flood victims, especially the most vulnerable homeless victims living on the unprotected dykes with insufficient shelter. 46. With the crops destroyed, this is no longer available. In August, the large volume of water carried by the Yangtze from mountains in adjacent provinces aggravated the floods. 95. A mega-flood in 1998 caused tremendous losses in China and triggered major policy adjustments in flood-risk management. The flood has taken its worst toll in those areas which previously served as natural flood plains for the Yangtze river and its tributaries. 62. 105. Participants: Terje Skavdal (UNDAC), Gilbert Greenall (UNDAC), Ma Huiyun (UNDP China), Han Yujiao (MCA), Chen Yonggan (MCA interpreter), 08:10 - Flight 1609 to Changchun 68. Most other hospitalizations were caused by injuries from the efforts to reduce the effects of the floods. 50. 3. focuses on on-site and cross-sectoral support of emergency information and response coordination, in accordance with established UNDAC field coordination guidelines. Another 34 people were missing. The rising waters drove 500,000 people from their homes by the beginning of August.

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