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Created
Classification
Origin
09STATE103356
2009-10-05 13:38:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Secretary of State
Cable title:
MGEAP1: EAP NATURAL DISASTER MONITORING GROUP
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 STATE 103356
SENSITIVE SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
EAID, AQ, ID, RP, VM, LA, WS, TN
SUBJECT: MGEAP1: EAP NATURAL DISASTER MONITORING GROUP
SITUATION REPORT NUMBER ONE
STATE 00103356 001.2 OF 002
RELIEF OPERATIONS RAMP UP IN INDONESIA
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 STATE 103356
SENSITIVE SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
EAID, AQ, ID, RP, VM, LA, WS, TN
SUBJECT: MGEAP1: EAP NATURAL DISASTER MONITORING GROUP
SITUATION REPORT NUMBER ONE
STATE 00103356 001.2 OF 002
RELIEF OPERATIONS RAMP UP IN INDONESIA
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1. (SBU) The Secretary of Defense authorized seven
million dollars for relief operations in Indonesia. The
USS McCampbell and the USNS Richard E. Byrd will join
the USS Denver in logistics support operations.
(MGEAP1/PACOM e-mail)
2. (SBU) President Yudhoyono's Chief of Staff
expressed gratitude for a U.S. military field hospital
and the USS Denver's airlift support. He said imagery
from P-3 flights would help the government's damage
assessment and inquired about heavy equipment for
excavation and well drilling. The provincial governor
of West Sumatra cited clean water and heavy equipment as
the greatest needs and asked for wells at each of the 29
hospitals in the affected area; he also requested
additional tents for children with damaged school
buildings. (MGEAP1/Embassy Jakarta e-mail)
3. (SBU) Rescue workers called off the search for
survivors trapped under rubble, according to media.
Approximately 180,000 homes and 20,000 buildings were
damaged in the September 30 quake. A Disaster
Assistance Response Team is due to arrive in the area
shortly, according to Embassy Jakarta. (MGEAP1/Embassy
Jakarta telcon, AP, nytimes.com)
WEAKENED PARMA STALLS OFF COAST OF PHILIPPINES
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4. (U) Parma continues to drench the northern
provinces and Taiwan after killing 22 people and causing
widespread flooding and landslides. The tropical storm
is nearly stationary in the South China Sea because
Typhoon Melor is pulling Parma back towards the
Philippine coast. Melor, off to the east of the
Philippines, does not pose a direct threat at this
point. (Reuters)
5. (SBU) A UN team and the Philippine Secretary of
National Defense are in the northern Philippines
evaluating damage caused by Parma. (MGEAP1/Embassy
Manila telcon)
6. (SBU) Approximately 17,000 people remain in
shelters in the Manila area as a result of Typhoon
Ketsana. (MGEAP1/Embassy Manila telcon)
7. (SBU) The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived
October 4 and has begun aerial damage assessments of the
Manila area. (MGEAP1/Embassy Manila telcon)
8. (U) Updated information, including Monitoring Group
situation reports, will be posted to the Operations
Center Crisis Management Staff's Intellipedia portals on
the unclassified system at:
http://www.intelink.gov/wiki/Portal:Crisis_In donesia,
STATE 00103356 002.2 OF 002
http://www.intelink.gov/wiki/Portal:Crisis_Sa moa, and on
the classified system at:
http://www.intelink.gov/wiki/Portal:Crisis_Ph ilippines.
Please note that these web addresses are case sensitive.
9. (U) Minimize considered.
CLINTON
SENSITIVE SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
EAID, AQ, ID, RP, VM, LA, WS, TN
SUBJECT: MGEAP1: EAP NATURAL DISASTER MONITORING GROUP
SITUATION REPORT NUMBER ONE
STATE 00103356 001.2 OF 002
RELIEF OPERATIONS RAMP UP IN INDONESIA
--------------
1. (SBU) The Secretary of Defense authorized seven
million dollars for relief operations in Indonesia. The
USS McCampbell and the USNS Richard E. Byrd will join
the USS Denver in logistics support operations.
(MGEAP1/PACOM e-mail)
2. (SBU) President Yudhoyono's Chief of Staff
expressed gratitude for a U.S. military field hospital
and the USS Denver's airlift support. He said imagery
from P-3 flights would help the government's damage
assessment and inquired about heavy equipment for
excavation and well drilling. The provincial governor
of West Sumatra cited clean water and heavy equipment as
the greatest needs and asked for wells at each of the 29
hospitals in the affected area; he also requested
additional tents for children with damaged school
buildings. (MGEAP1/Embassy Jakarta e-mail)
3. (SBU) Rescue workers called off the search for
survivors trapped under rubble, according to media.
Approximately 180,000 homes and 20,000 buildings were
damaged in the September 30 quake. A Disaster
Assistance Response Team is due to arrive in the area
shortly, according to Embassy Jakarta. (MGEAP1/Embassy
Jakarta telcon, AP, nytimes.com)
WEAKENED PARMA STALLS OFF COAST OF PHILIPPINES
-------------- -
4. (U) Parma continues to drench the northern
provinces and Taiwan after killing 22 people and causing
widespread flooding and landslides. The tropical storm
is nearly stationary in the South China Sea because
Typhoon Melor is pulling Parma back towards the
Philippine coast. Melor, off to the east of the
Philippines, does not pose a direct threat at this
point. (Reuters)
5. (SBU) A UN team and the Philippine Secretary of
National Defense are in the northern Philippines
evaluating damage caused by Parma. (MGEAP1/Embassy
Manila telcon)
6. (SBU) Approximately 17,000 people remain in
shelters in the Manila area as a result of Typhoon
Ketsana. (MGEAP1/Embassy Manila telcon)
7. (SBU) The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived
October 4 and has begun aerial damage assessments of the
Manila area. (MGEAP1/Embassy Manila telcon)
8. (U) Updated information, including Monitoring Group
situation reports, will be posted to the Operations
Center Crisis Management Staff's Intellipedia portals on
the unclassified system at:
http://www.intelink.gov/wiki/Portal:Crisis_In donesia,
STATE 00103356 002.2 OF 002
http://www.intelink.gov/wiki/Portal:Crisis_Sa moa, and on
the classified system at:
http://www.intelink.gov/wiki/Portal:Crisis_Ph ilippines.
Please note that these web addresses are case sensitive.
9. (U) Minimize considered.
CLINTON