INDIA
• Severe weather, including heavy rain and extreme high temperatures, has been affecting several parts of the country over the past weeks, causing casualties and damage.
• In the state of Odisha, 30 people are reported to have died as a heatwave continues to worsen, as of 14 April.
• In the states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, local media reported at least 15 people dead, thousands affected and several homes damaged due to floods and landslides, as of 25 April.
CHINA
• Heavy rain has been affecting the southern and south-eastern areas of the country over the past week causing floods. Approx. 91 mm of rain in 24 h were recorded in Gaoyao (Guangdong province) and 91 mm in Zhang Ping (Fujian province) over 24-25 April.
• National authorities reported that eight people were killed, seven were missing, 11 000 were evacuated and over 8 000 houses were partially or fully damaged in the provinces of Hubei, Anhui,
Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guangdong and Hainan, as of 25 April.
MYANMAR/BURMA
• Severe weather, including heavy rain, strong winds and hail, has been affecting the central, eastern, north-western and southwestern areas of the country causing casualties and damage.
• Local media report 13 people dead, several injured and over 15 000 houses damaged, in the regions of Mandalay, Sagaing, Magway, as well as in the states of Shan and Arakan, as of 25 April.
SAMOA
• TC AMOS passed north of the islands of Savai'i and Upolu (Samoa) on 23 April with approx. max. sustained wind speed of 167 km/h. GDACS estimates that 170 000 people were exposed to winds of 120 km/h or more. The Cyclone then moved away from the islands and dissipated.
• As of 25 April, national authorities reported several families evacuated, several homes with minor damage and power outages in the islands of Savai'i and Upolu, due to heavy rain and strong winds.