Country: Papua New Guinea Source: UN Country Team in Papua New Guinea Please refer to the attached file. The National Disaster Centre’s National Emergency Operations Centre (NDC-NEOC) is set to scale down the national response to allow sub-national authorities to lead local operations. NDC-NEOC released a draft impact map based on preliminary reports from local authorities indicating extreme impacts in Atolls, Nissan, Kunua, Torokina, Bana, and Buin in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB); and Kiriwina-Goodenough, Esaála, Samarai-Murua in Milne Bay. Assessment coverage has expanded to 69 wards across 18 LLGs and 8 districts across AROB, Milne Bay, East New Britain and West New Britain and indicates 43, 238 people affected and 39, 723 people in need of humanitarian assistance. Relief distributions and logistics operations continue, prioritising outer island and hard to reach communities, supported by national dispatches and international airlift assistance. Humanitarian partners continue to support the response through assessments and relief distributions.
Papua New Guinea: Severe Tropical Cyclone Maila – Disaster Management Team Situation Report No. 05 (27 April 2026)
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