Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) – ECHO Daily Map | 23/05/2016
Bangladesh, Myanmar/Burma, India – Tropical Cyclone ROANU
SITUATION
22 May 0.00 UTC
56 km/h sust. winds
Situation overview
24 dead
>100 injured
>500 000 evacuated
83 978 homes
damaged
Situation overview
2 dead
2 injured
21 May 12.00 UTC
83 km/h sust. winds
2 500 evacuated
several homes
damaged
Situation overview
21 May 6.00 UTC
102 km/h sust. winds
several homes and IDP
shelters damaged
• TC ROANU formed over the southwestern Bay of Bengal, near the southeastern coasts of India, on 18 May. On
21 May morning (UTC) it made landfall in
the division of Chittagong (Bangladesh)
with approx. max. sustained wind speed
of 102 km/h. It later moved into India
and Myanmar/Burma, over Mizoram and
Manipur states (India) and eventually
dissipated
over
Sagaing
region
(Myanmar/Burma).
• In Bangladesh, local media reported, at
least 24 people dead, over 100 injured,
over 500 000 evacuated, 83 978 homes
partially or fully damaged as well as
power outages and traffic disruption in
the divisions of Barisal and Chittagong,
as of 23 May.
• In Myanmar/Burma, OCHA reports, as
of 22 May, mention several homes and
bridges damaged in the state of Chin,
due to landslides, as well as several
temporary IDP shelters damaged in the
state of Rakhine, due to strong winds
and heavy rain.
• In India, local media reported two
people dead, two injured, 2 500 people
evacuated and several homes damaged
in the states of Manipur, Tripura,
Mizoram and southern Assam, as of 23
May.
• TC ROANU had previously affected Sri
Lanka, bringing heavy rain and causing
widespread damage and casualties.
National authorities reported 92 people
dead, 30 injured, 109 still missing, over
186 800 remain evacuated and over
4 500 homes damaged, as of 23 May.
Sources: GDACS, JTWC, RMSC, OCHA, ECHO,
Local Media
ACCUM.
21 May 0.00 UTC
RAINFALL OVER THE PAST
AS OF 22 MAY (NASA)
7
DAYS,
93 km/h sust. winds
Bay of Bengal
20 May 12.00 UTC
93 km/h sust. winds
MYANMAR/
BURMA
INDIA
People evacuated
92-118 km/h
Damaged homes
64-92 km/h
Heavy rain
Tropical Cyclone
Track uncertainty
Floods
Landslides
Legend
Acc.rain 15-22 May(NASA)
<VALUE>
100
200
300
400 500 mm
m
WIND BUFFER
BANGLADESH
m
m
< 63 km/h
93 km/h sust. winds
People injured
m
m
63-118 km/h
20 May 18.00 UTC
m
m
93 km/h sust. winds
m
m
20 May 6.00 UTC
Affected areas
People dead
m
TROPICAL CYCLONE
(max. sustained winds)