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ASEAN Weekly Disaster Update, 10 - 16 December 2018

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Regional Summary of Week 50, and Outlook for Week 51 & 52

  1. In Week 50, hydro-metorological hazards are mainstay but geophysical hazards have reported activity for Mt Anak Krakatau and Mt Soputan. A total of 6 earthquakes of M5,0 and above were reported this week (BMKG and USGS).

  2. Mt Soputan erupted on 16 Dec at 0540hrs (UTC+7) with a permanent danger zone of 4km radius and 6.5km for the southwest-west sector of the opening area of the crater to avoid the threat of lava flow and avalanche hot clouds.

  3. Mt Anak Krakatau erupted on 14 Dec at 1445hrs (UTC+7) and tourist/people were not allowed to approach the crater within 2km radius of the crater.

  4. ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre (ASMC) reported that For the first week of the fortnight, wetter-than-average conditions are forecast over southern Thailand and along coastal Myanmar due to possible tropical cyclone formation over the Bay of Bengal. The Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO), together with a possible Northeast Monsoon surge, is expected to bring above-average rainfall over southern Viet Nam, Cambodia, southern Thailand and northern Peninsular Malaysia in the last week of December. In the southern ASEAN region, drier-than-average conditions are likely over Java and its surrounding vicinity in the second half of the month. Above-average temperatures are expected in parts of Thailand, northern Lao PDR, northern Viet Nam and western Cambodia for the second half of December. Elsewhere, temperatures are likely to be near-average.

  5. Travellers to volcanic areas are advised to take note of local government advisories before ascending and evacuation notices in high-risk areas.

  6. All reported disasters were within the coping capacity of the member states.