Cyclone Nargis and its aftermath: major sources
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"Cyclone Nargis (JTWC designation: 01B, also known as Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Nargis), was a strong tropical cyclone that caused the worst natural disaster in the recorded history of Burma (officially known as Myanmar). The cyclone made landfall in the country on May 2, 2008, causing catastrophic destruction and at least 146,000 fatalities with thousands more people still missing. The Labutta Township alone was reported to have 80,000 dead, with about 10,000 more deaths in Bogale. There were around 55,000 people missing and many other deaths were found in other towns and areas, although the Burmese government?s official death toll was grossly underreported as they had simply stopped counting the dead to minimize political fallout. It was feared and quite possible that due to lack of relief efforts, a total of a million people already had or would have died from this catastrophe. Damage was estimated at over $10 billion (USD), which made it the most damaging cyclone ever recorded in this basin..."
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2018-06-02
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2018-06-02
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2008-05-05
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Executive Summary: "Natural disasters can have profound impacts
on the social and economic fabric of affected
communities. These evolve over time, as a function
of the strength of community coping mechanisms,
the effectiveness of the aid effort, subsequent
external events, and changes in the wider social
and economic environment. As time goes on, the
needs and priorities of affected communities change
accordingly. Understanding these evolving impacts
and needs is vital for effective delivery of postdisaster
and development assistance in the context
of longer-term recovery.
Cyclone Nargis hit the Ayeyarwady Delta on May 2,
2008, and killed an estimated 140,000 people. Three
rounds of Post-Nargis Social Impacts Monitoring
(SIM) accompanied the post-disaster recovery
period from 2008-10. By focusing on a limited set
of villages, SIM provided in-depth information
on how village life was changing post-Nargis and
insights into how aid responses could best help
Delta communities. This fourth round of SIM (SIM
4) provides a snapshot of village economic and
social life five years after Cyclone Nargis struck. It
assessed two areas:
1. Socioeconomic conditions:
This examined the compound effects of Nargis and
subsequent natural events on the key occupational
groups of farmers, fishermen, and casual laborers. It
looked at issues of livelihoods, debt and credit, and
coping mechanisms; 2. Social relations and institutions:
This explored how Nargis, the subsequent aid effort,
and the evolving economic conditions affected social
capital, the capacity for collective action, intraand
inter-village relations, and relations between
villagers and their leaders.
SIM 4 placed particular emphasis on identifying
external stresses subsequent to Nargis and
understanding how these played out at the village
level, especially with regard to other natural events
with adverse impact. It also traced how some of the
broader political changes since 2010 have projected
down to the village level. SIM 4 was carried out in
April?May 2013 and used the same methodology as
the previous three rounds of SIM, involving in-depth
qualitative interviews, focus group discussions, and
key informant interviews with 895 villagers in 40
villages in the 8 townships across the Delta that had
been most affected by the cyclone."
Source/publisher:
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)
Date of publication:
2015-03-00
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2015-04-06
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