UN DISASTER ASSESSMENT TEAM ARRIVES IN DROUGHT-AFFECTED MARSHALL ISLANDS - COMSECPAC FLIGHTS FROM THE UNITED STATES ARE DISBATCH

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UN DISASTER ASSESSMENT TEAM ARRIVES IN DROUGHT-AFFECTED MARSHALL
ISLANDSNew York, May 10 2013 12:00PMA United Nations disaster
assessment team has arrived in the Marshall Islands to help the
Government respond to a severe drought affecting its northern islands,
the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said
today.

Assessments are ongoing in the country, where a state of disaster was
declared on 7 May, according to a
<"http://www.phtpacific.org/sites/default/files/situation_report/100/files/RMI_Drought_OCHA_SitRep02_10%20May%202013_FINAL.pdf">report
issued by the OCHA Regional Office for the Pacific.

Speaking to reporters in Geneva, OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke said
assessments from four atolls, with an estimated population of 1,500
people, found that most of the domestic water tanks were completely
empty and water from wells was unsafe to drink due to bacterial
contamination and high levels of salt.

Most of the installations for water purification and desalination were
operating below capacity, he added.

In addition, food crops, which were mainly breadfruit and banana, were
also reportedly "devastated" due to the drought.

"The lack of clean drinking water is of acute humanitarian concern,
and children are particularly vulnerable," said Mr. Laerke.

Two Government ships to the north-east and north-west of the Marshall
Islands had begun transporting full water containers, hygiene kits and
other relief items to nearly 600 families in the worst-affected
communities.

"There is a high likelihood that drought conditions will remain
through July," Mr. Laerke stated. "It will take several months of
normal rainfall for groundwater to be replenished and longer still for
food crops to recover."

The Government will receive an initial OCHA emergency cash grant of
$50,000 to assist with the immediate response efforts.May 10 2013
12:00PM
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