Highlights
• Approximately 88% of assessments (of the estimated 1,625 affected villages) are complete. IOM assessment of the data collected will facilitate gap analysis.
• Verified reports indicate: 112 fatalities; 510 people injured; 11,729 homes damaged and 6,553 houses destroyed.
• Assessments indicate 127,327 people are in need of humanitarian assistance, of which 57,284 people have received some form of assistance so far.
• Badakhshan, Nangarhar, Baghlan and Kunar remain the most severely impacted earthquake affected provinces.
• Access remains the most significant challenge in providing assistance to people in need.
127,327
People affected by the natural disaster
57,284
People received some form of assistance
18,282
Houses damaged or destroyed
88%
of joint assessments are completed.
155
Villages with access challenges
Situation Update
- For more information, see “background on the crisis” at the end of the report and Situation Report No. 1.
The Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) and State Minister responsible for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs, representing the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA), met on 8 November to consider response options for quake-affected areas that will soon be subject to extreme winter weather conditions. The preferred course of action is to provide financial support to families that will help facilitate community based coping mechanisms during the winter months.
The number of families in need of emergency shelter and non-food items (ES/NFIs) is greater than initially thought. Additional resources are expected to be required to ensure that affected communities, in Badakhshan province in particular, have weather- and topography-appropriate shelter solutions.
No significant gaps have been reported in the immediate medical treatment of earthquake casualties. Health care workers have managed to care for all trauma casualties in the Eastern Region with additional medical supplies provided to the hospital in Jalalabad.
Prior to the earthquake it had been agreed that, due to on-going conflict in the Eastern Region, 19 First Aid trauma posts (FATP) should be established to serve Kunar, Laghaman, Nangarhar and Nuristan provinces at an annual cost of USD1.36 million. The earthquake has underscored the need for the FATPs. Establishing 5 FATPs, at a cost of USD390,000 annually, is also a priority in the North Eastern Region, particularly in Badakhshan, Baghlan and Kunduz provinces. Psychosocial First Aid is a reported priority in the North East Region, especially for the injured and their families. The earthquake response has revealed a need for the provision of training on basic life support and First Aid, which will be delivered to community health workers over the next few weeks.
Humanitarian actors report no increased nutritional needs due to the earthquake. All nutritional centres are functional. Meanwhile, the World Food Programme (WFP), reports stocks of 2,000 metric tonnes (MT) of food, including 1,000 MT of food that have been prepositioned in Mazar-e-Sharif.
Assessment and response activities in a number of insecure districts in Nuristan province are being conducted by the Afghanistan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) and the International Medical Corps (IMC). UNOCHA is following up with ARCS and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on assessments and response in Taikhonak village of Aybak district of Samangan province, where 228 families reportedly were affected.
With snow falling in some areas, the provision of emergency shelter to affected communities, particularly in remote and hard to reach areas, remains a priority.