Many towns have been cut off due to damage to bridges and roads. Emergency requirements fall into the categories of food, medicines, blankets, systems for drinking water and sanitation. 121 dead and some thousands non-accounted for. 172 communities isolated. Serious damage caused to the road network.
Transport is a major problem owing to the inaccessibility of the disaster-affected areas.
Bad weather conditions make even transport by air very difficult, at times impossible. Breakdown in the systems supplying drinking water and electricity. Preliminary estimates of material losses represent more than USD 30 million. No estimates have yet been made of losses of harvest but damage to the network of roads and bridges are hampering transport of agricultural products to market places. National relief efforts are a joint effort of the Civil Defence System and the Army.