DISASTER INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Sri Lanka 15 March 2016 - Partnership Meeting Global Centre for Disaster Statistics SRIMAL SAMANSIRI ASSISTANT DIRECTOR R&D DISASTER MANAGEMENT CENTRE
Overview Country Arrangement for SFDRR and future Reporting Current practices of Disaster Statistics in SL Overview of National Risk Assessment Conclusions
Preparation for SFDRR in Sri Lanka Ministry of Disaster Management together with Disaster Management Centre and with cooperation of stakeholder agencies in the process of developing short and medium term action plan 2016-2020 based on SFDRR Setting country level targets: Reduce Number of Affected People Deaths Economic losses Annual average economic loss 380 million US$ as per 2014, - Source: World Bank / GFDRR Annual average deaths (Hydrometeorological disasters approx. 125)
National Damage and Loss Database (Desinventar) The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) with technical and financial support from the Disaster Risk Management (DRM) programme of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the UNDP Regional Centre in Bangkok (RCB) has initiated the development of a database on the past disaster incidents from 1974 to date. The Disaster Information Management System is a sustainable arrangement within an institution for the systematic collection, documentation and analysis of data about losses caused by natural and man maid disasters. UNDP has handed over the operation in 2011 and thereafter, DMC is maintaining the database to date.
Data Sources Daily Situation Reports (EOC published Situation Reports) News Papers and other media reports Stakeholder organizations (Wildlife, Forest, Central Environment Authority etc)
Work Flaw Collect Daily data from DMC Sitreps and other sources Check data for incident basis Provisional entry of the records Record Validation And updates Update the online server
Reports
Disaster Profile of Sri Lanka 2000 2014
Hazards Considered Flood Landslide Drought Tsunami Cyclone, High Winds and Storms Lightning
Summary of Damage and Losses 2000-2014 Houses District Deaths Missing Injured Destroyed Damaged Affected Ampara 10455 113 4979 16310 21601 1601439 Anuradhapura 30 0 23 4046 38253 1098647 Badulla 82 31 57 496 6039 230747 Batticaloa 2880 918 2262 36970 38143 3957962 Colombo 118 11 141 3394 15025 1063029 Galle 4307 643 3525 7153 21025 451727 Gampaha 48 1 55 676 5103 1002937 Hambantota 4566 102 12 2113 3436 1549373 Jaffna 2678 14 512 18317 49786 644348 Kalutara 366 74 287 5087 15823 678335 Kandy 63 1 151 692 5810 143284 Kegalle 39 2 62 483 2154 22905 Kilinochchi 566 0 1 1310 8161 243480 Kurunegala 28 0 24 683 2920 3271526 Mannar 1 0 4 27 411 180257 Matale 18 7 35 470 3268 76523 Matara 1449 48 1945 7283 17699 420009 Moneragala 43 1 57 249 3541 388895 Mullaitivu 3008 0 5 29 4385 227061 Nuwara Eliya 71 4 231 646 5440 55647 Polonnaruwa 27 0 72 1383 9949 485774 Puttalam 31 2 44 913 3477 1388929 Ratnapura 295 34 164 2344 11532 800920 Trincomalee 1084 38 6409 7515 33958 711114 Vavuniya 8 0 18 559 1256 94816 TOTAL 32261 2044 21075 119148 328195 20789684
Distribution of Damage & Losses Number of Affected Population Number of Deaths Number of Houses Damaged and Destroyed Highlights of Disaster Damage and Losses During 2000-2014 Highest deaths are reported in Ampara District (Tsunami 2004) Highest number of population affected in Batticaloa District (due to floods and cyclone) and Kurunegala Ditrict (by Drought) Housing damge is prominent in Batticaloa and Jaffna Districts
Selection of District by Level of Damage (2000 2014 Floods Houses District Deaths Injured Missing Destroyed Damaged Affected Ampara 9 1 3 2459 5829 1119404 Batticaloa 25 4 3 11571 25274 2786884 Colombo 14 1 0 131 7176 928137 Gampaha 25 3 1 351 2936 869369 Jaffna 32 14 2 14063 46157 460662 Kalutara 70 37 1 2300 8442 620573 Matara 53 31 0 3599 9179 287981 Ratnapura 51 57 4 1358 6865 288271 Drought District Affected Hambantota 1419635 Kurunegala 3231052 Moneragala 341149 Puttalam 1068912 Ratnapura 462963 Batticaloa 404066 Landslide District Deaths Injured Missing Destroyed Houses Damaged Affected Badulla 51 11 31 283 1216 26069 Kandy 36 93 0 265 1681 12812 Kegalle 17 24 0 221 840 7213 Matale 7 12 7 50 1501 12497 Nuwara Eliya 44 25 3 502 1833 34963 Ratnapura 197 39 30 876 2672 29901
Selection of District by Level of Damage (2000 2014) Cyclone / Strong Winds Houses District Deaths Injured Missing Destroyed Damaged Affected Anuradhapura 5 5 0 3570 36945 202762 Batticaloa 10 35 0 7256 6710 504816 Galle 45 32 17 328 5002 20012 Kalutara 18 35 11 326 4383 18263 Matara 21 35 13 1660 3102 21385 Nuwara Eliya 22 53 1 86 2974 13780 Polonnaruwa 0 4 0 624 5586 36400 Trincomalee 0 52 0 494 28621 256247 Tsunami Houses District Deaths Injured Missing Destroyed Damaged Affected Ampara 10436 4955 109 13444 12497 165456 Batticaloa 2840 2214 915 18099 6081 259290 Galle 4218 3445 626 5247 9701 122117 Hambantota 4500 8 102 1454 1583 44619 Jaffna 2640 491 11 4086 2119 34258 Matara 1342 1865 35 1953 5117 108688 Lightning Houses District Deaths Injured Missing Destroyed Damaged Affected Anuradhapura 24 17 0 0 1 9 Badulla 18 17 0 2 35 264 Moneragala 29 19 0 0 4 46 Ratnapura 32 12 0 0 8 91
Annual Reports - 2014 Impact 2013 2014 Change (%) Deaths / Missing 140 154 10.0 Injured 225 80-64.4 Affected Population 574130 270254 5 370.0 Houses Destroyed 741 5312 616.1 Houses Damaged 10048 19495 94.0 Flood Landslides high winds Drought lightning Drowning Coastal Erosion Fire Chemical Animal Attack It was observed that the number of occurrences of major disasters has been increased in 2014 compared to 2012 and 2013. Number of Floods and Landslide events has been triggered by both South West and North-East monsoon periods. Flood / Landslide in South Western June / July NE Monsoon Landslide Meeriyabedda October Inter-monsoon Flood / Landslide North East Monsoon in December
Temporal Distribution 2014 South West Monsoon (SWM) and North East Monsoon (NEM) spells were responsible for considerable amount of deaths, injuries and damage to the housing sector. Total houses damaged and destroyed in both the SWM and NEM were 4,689 and 17,957 respectively. Three peaks of deaths and injuries were observed during SWM (June/July), NEM (December)and in the Meeriyabedda landslide(october) incident respectively. Highest amount of affected population is reported in month of August which is approximately 1.5 million due to drought in the North, East Uva provinces, including Hambantota and Kurunegala Districts.
Spatial Distribution 2014 Distribution of Affected Population Distribution of Damaged / Destroyed Houses Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Polonnaruwa, Moneragala and Hambantota ranks the highest in number of population affected during 2014. Kalutara, Puttalam, Kurunegala and Jaffna are the other districts in which significant number of population were affected. Kilinochchi, Mullaittivu, Polonnaruwa, Batticaloa, Badulla districts ranks highest number of housing damages.
Desinventar Users There is no mechanism to find who is using the database and generate statistics of users DMC provide free technical assistance on request Members of Parliament Local and foreign University students (Undergraduate / Master) Ministry of Finance Sri Lanka Land Reclamation Development Corporation Road Development Authority Urban Development Authority World Bank Local Insurance companies
Components of Hazard Profile Disaster Management Centre Floods Landslides Drought Cyclone Lightning United Nations Development Program Department of Irrigation National Building Research Organization Department of Agriculture Department of Meteorology Tsunami Sea Level Rise Storm Surge Coast Conservation Department Coastal Erosion
Best Practices Hazard Maps National hazard maps for 09 hazards are available at http://www.dmc.gov.lk/hazard/index-2.html Tsunami Hazard - Batticaloa
Best Practices Hazard Maps Storm Surge Mannar Floods Kalu River
Tsunami Risk Vs Early Warning Towers Total Population exposed to Tsunami 128,027 Population at high risk 18743
Buildings might affected by Tsunami Building Exposed to Tsunami 20% 28% 52% High Moderate Low Tsunami Level # Buildings High 7854 Moderate 4280 Low 3052 Total buildings 32,000 Total tsunami affected buildings 15,000
New Project on National Risk Assessment Duration 2016 2019 : 48 Months Risk Map Development for - Riverine Flood 7 River basins (world Bank -> 11) - Urban Flood 23 Urban Cities - Tsunami (entire coast) - Storm Surge (entire coast) - Drought - Strong Winds / Cyclone
07 River Basins Mundeni Aru Basin (1475 sqkm) Kirindi (1230 sqkm) Mi Oya (113 sqkm) Yan Oya Basin (1782 sqkm) Walawe Ganga Basin (2596 sqkm) Kalu Ganga (2976 sqkm) Bolgoda Oya (366 sqkm)
Issues and Challenges 1. Only few indicators are updated at the moment 2. Difficult to obtain agricultural losses 3. Poor Participation of Stakeholder Agencies therefore, recording economic losses are difficult 4. Issues in Standardization It is high time to agree on basic terms of Affected, Victims, Partial Damage of Houses etc 5. User Friendliness 6. Issues with Database Schema 7. Database administration and software issues 8. No records available on users
Recommendations 1. Develop national policy / MoU for disaster damage and loss data collection 2. Develop standards and SoP for Data Collections 3. Re-Design of Database Schema 4. Consider possibility of improving Work Flaw from single source of entry to distributed data entry (Mobile App?) 5. Provide capacity building for Database Administrators, Data Providers and Users Groups
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