Soil erosion Loss of livestock Financial losses to farmers and Financial losses forestry Widespread forest fires and Localized forest fire timber losses and environmental degradation environmental degradation Extreme temperature Impacts Matrix for transportation sector (impacts that have a primary effect on transportation network) Minimal impacts Minor impacts Significant impacts Severe impacts Minor disruption to travel Disruption to Transportation Widespread disruption to infrastructure (rail, road, inland Transportation infrastructure (rail, water, airlines) road, inland water, airlines) Extreme temperature Impacts Matrix for energy and communication sectors (impacts that have a primary effect on energy supply and communication networks) Minimal impacts Minor impacts Significant impacts Severe impacts Temporary loss of Short break of hydro power Widespread disruption to telecommunication and electrical generation communication and energy supply power may affect operations and infrastructure Minor disruption to supply Communication & Electric supply may affect supply Extreme temperature Impacts Matrix for health sector (impacts that have a primary effect on health services) Significant impacts Minimal impacts Minor impacts Severe impacts Heat stroke case load increase High Heat stroke case load Widespread loss of life among all population Snake bite case load increase Loss of life among certain population groups Very high heat stroke case load Vector-borne disease case load increase Extreme temperature Impacts Matrix for national planning (impacts that have a primary effect on central government) Minimal impacts Minor impacts Significant impacts Severe impacts Limited migration from affected Widespread migration areas Table 3: Colour coded Extreme temperature Impact matrices based on discussions with stakeholders in Myanmar. Dissemination A critical factor of further steps towards the implementation of a MHEWS is the capacity of hosting servers and speed of Internet in the forecasting office. Accessing the DMH-website from the web takes a lot of time and is sometimes even impossible. The speed of Internet needs to be enhanced in order to make extensive products, e.g. ECMWF ensemble products, and issuance of warnings available for forecasters in a reasonable time. Due to the already very good telecommunication network coverage and the widespread use of smartphones and social media, the implementation of mobile text warnings (e.g. via SMS, Whatsapp- or Telegram Messenger) should be introduced soon as well as a mobile friendly version of the future warning website. Training on CAP (Common alerting protocol)-format and how it can be implemented into a MHEWS should be provided. A staff member of DMH already attended a very short introductory-seminar on the CAP-format. DMH is interested in further training and information on that issue. Training on NWP-models
Soil erosion Loss of livestock Financial losses Localized forest fire timber losses and environmental degradation Financial losses to farmers and forestry Widespread forest fires and environmental degradation Extreme temperature Impacts Matrix for transportation sector (impacts that have a primary effect on transportation network) Minimal impacts Minor impacts Significant impacts Severe impacts Minor disruption to travel Disruption to Transportation infrastructure (rail, road, inland water, airlines) Widespread disruption to Transportation infrastructure (rail, road, inland water, airlines) Extreme temperature Impacts Matrix for energy and communication sectors (impacts that have a primary effect on energy supply and communication networks) Minimal impacts Minor impacts Significant impacts Severe impacts Temporary loss of telecommunication and electrical power may affect operations and supply Short break of hydro power generation Minor disruption to Communication & Electric supply may affect supply Widespread disruption to communication and energy supply infrastructure Extreme temperature Impacts Matrix for health sector (impacts that have a primary effect on health services) Minimal impacts Minor impacts Significant impacts Severe impacts Heat stroke case load increase Snake bite case load increase Vector-borne disease case load increase High Heat stroke case load Loss of life among certain population groups Widespread loss of life among all population Very high heat stroke case load Extreme temperature Impacts Matrix for national planning (impacts that have a primary effect on central government) Minimal impacts Minor impacts Significant impacts Severe impacts Limited migration from affected areas Widespread migration Table 3: Colour coded Extreme temperature Impact matrices based on discussions with stakeholders in Myanmar. Dissemination A critical factor of further steps towards the implementation of a MHEWS is the capacity of hosting servers and speed of Internet in the forecasting office. Accessing the DMH-website from the web takes a lot of time and is sometimes even impossible. The speed of Internet needs to be enhanced in order to make extensive products, e.g. ECMWF ensemble products, and issuance of warnings available for forecasters in a reasonable time. Due to the already very good telecommunication network coverage and the widespread use of smartphones and social media, the implementation of mobile text warnings (e.g. via SMS, Whatsapp- or Telegram Messenger) should be introduced soon as well as a mobile friendly version of the future warning website. Training on CAP (Common alerting protocol)-format and how it can be implemented into a MHEWS should be provided. A staff member of DMH already attended a very short introductory-seminar on the CAP-format. DMH is interested in further training and information on that issue. Training on NWP-models
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