The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has reported that assessments have been conducted on 57 households that were affected by last week’s heavy rains.
NDMA said the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF), Maldives Police Service (MPS), and Maldives Red Crescent received a total of 98 calls to their hotlines by those impacted by the flooding in Male’ City last Saturday. Of these, 70 calls were requests for sandbags to block flooding, 21 calls were damage reports, and severe were calls asking for emergency assistance to meet basic needs.
The authority said it conducted rapid assessments on 12 households that were severely impacted in the flood in collaboration with the Maldives Red Crescent. NDMA provided emergency accommodation and food for a one-day period for eight of these households, accommodating a total of 32 individuals. All affected individuals have since returned to their homes, the authority confirmed.
The NDMA further said it conducted damage assessments on 30 households in Male’. Most damages were mostly to damage to possessions and damage of building ceilings.
Some households in the atolls also suffered damages in the rains. As a result of the rains on 17 December, three islands reported flooding, including Hen’badhoo and Kendhikolhudhoo in Noonu Atoll and Kurendhoo in Lhaviyani Atoll.
Of these islands, reports of flood damage were received from Hen’badhoo, where approximately 80 households were impacted. However, the damage was not severe enough to require relocation of residents.
Following damage assessments, NDMA has received the relevant forms from 27 households, and form processing is currently underway. Forms of households assessed in Male’ City are also being processed, the authority added.