MAURITIUS NEOC Level I

Heavy Rainfall
Situation Report No. 14 issued at 1800 hrs on 12th January 2018.
Latest Data: From 0800 hrs to 1800 hrs on Friday 12 January 2018
I. Highlights

 Special Weather Communiqué for Rodrigues issued at 12 30 hours on Friday 12 January 2018.
 NEOC Level II downgraded to Level I on 12th January 2018 at 13 45 hours.
 Chitrakoot in Termination Stage as from 09h36
 Signal Mountain Health Track is still closed.
 No Evacuees in Emergency Shelters.
 Slope failure along M3 between Ripailles to Valton – only 2 lanes operational between 0600 hrs
and 1800 hrs. Closed as from 1800 hrs till 0600 hrs.

II. Situation Overview

GENERAL SITUATION:
(I) Clouds associated with an instability line are approaching the island from the East and will influence the local
weather tomorrow.
(II) On the other hand, the marked low pressure area is still evolving to the North-East of Rodrigues at about 600
km and is moving in a general South-South-Westerly direction at about 13 km/h.
FORECAST FOR NEXT 24 HOURS:
Fair weather over the whole island during the night and tomorrow morning. Gradually cloudy tomorrow during
the day with scattered showers. The showers will be more frequent to the East, to the south and over the
Central Plateau and could be moderate at times.

Rainfall in (mm) from 0700 hrs to 1600hrs on 12 January 2018

Station Rainfall Station Rainfall Station Rainfall Station Rainfall
Albion 0.6 Bagatelle Dam 3.0 Beau Bassin 0.8 Beaux Songes 0.0
Bell Village 0.1 Belle Mare 0.2 Champ de Mars 0.0 Chitrakoot 0.6
Domaine les Pailles 0.0 Grand Bassin 0.0 Le Morne 0.0 Mare Aux Vacoas 0.8
Moka 0.2 Mon Bois 0.0 Mon Loisir Rouillard 0.2 Mon Loisir SE 0.2
N-Decouverte 4.0 Plaisance (SSR Int Airport) 0.1 Port Louis (Line Barracks) 0.0 Providence 3.2
Pte aux Cannoniers 0.0 Quatre Bornes 0.0 Queen Victoria 0.0 Riche en Eau 0.2
Riche Terre 0.0 Riviere Noire 0.0 Rose Belle 0.2 Signal Mountain 1.4
St.Felix 0.0 Vacoas 0.3
Source: Mauritius Meteorological Services.

III. Actions Taken

NDRRMC
 NEOC Level I maintained to keep watch on the situation at national level.

RESPONSE AGENCY
 First responders (Local Police, SMF, DRU, NCG, SSU), Mauritius Fire and Rescue Services (MFRS) on
normal deployment.

EVACUATION
 No evacuees in Emergency Shelters.

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PRE-POSITIONING, MOBILISATION AND & REDEPLOYMENT OF ASSETS/RESOURCES
 Not Applicable at this stage.

STATUS OF KEY SERVICES (PHONE, ELECTRICITY, WATER)

 PHONE – Normal
 ELECTRICITY – Normal
 WATER – Normal

STATUS OF AIRPORT
 Airport Operations (Mauritius) – Normal.
 Port and Container Terminal operations - Normal.

IV. Agency Response

NEOC
 NEOC Level I on-going by NDRRMC staff to keep watch of the situation in liaison with the MMS.

LOCAL AUTHORITY – MUNICIPAL AND DISTRICT COUNCILS

 Not applicable at this stage.

POLICE
 Normal deployment.

TRAFFIC
 Traffic Network: All road networks operational.

NCG
 Normal deployment.

SMF
 On standby /preposition at Vacoas, SSRIA and Port Louis.
 Removing a fallen tree and lopping of branches near Loretto College and SSS Belle Rose.

SSU
 Normal deployment.

MRFS
 9 interventions for water accumulations in yards and roads in the following regions: Bel Air SSS, Baie du
Tombeau, Bambous, Riche Mare, Riviere Dragon/Riviere des Anguilles, Pailles, La Source (Flacq), G-
Gaube & Stanley.

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, HR, TE & SR

 Normal activities for all schools except:
(a) Loreto Convent closed due to affected wall.
(b) Resumption of school activities at Chitrakoot Govt School.

WATER RESOURCES UNIT

 Storage in Reservoirs as at 12 January 2018:
Mare aux Vacoas (72%) La Nicoliere (93.3%) Piton du Milieu (100.0%)
La Ferme (56.2%) Mare Longue (81.5%) Midlands (74.4%)
Bagatelle (92.8%)

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MPI & LT
 Monitoring of landslide prone areas at Chitrakoot, Vallee Pitot and Quatre Soeurs.
 Monitoring of Gassita Street, La Butte, M3 between Valton and Ripaille, Congomah and Signal
Mountain.

WASTE WATER AUTHORITY

 Nil

MINISTRY OF HEALTH / SAMU

 Normal activities.
MAURITIUS RED CROSS SOCIETY
 On standby to assist evacuees Re: Vallee Pitot as per Landslide Protocol.

V. Humanitarian Needs and Response

 Nil

VI. Coordination
 NEOC monitoring and coordinating response operations at national level.

VII. Media Response

 Interventions on MBC TV/Radio, Radio Plus and Radio 1

VIII. Funding
 Nil

Friday 12th January 2018