000 AXGM70 PGUM 200218 DGTGUM DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 1215 PM CHST THU MAY 20 2010 GUZ001>004-PMZ161-171>174-181-270600- GUAM-ROTA-TINIAN-SAIPAN-KOROR PALAU-YAP-CHUUK-POHNPEI-KOSRAE-MAJURO- 1215 PM CHST THU MAY 20 2010 ...DROUGHT CONDITIONS CONTINUE FOR THE NORTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS AND THE MARIANA ISLANDS... .SYNOPSIS... VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE MARIANA ISLANDS AND THE NORTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS. SOME GOOD NEWS IS THAT A FEW SHOWERS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING FARTHER NORTH TO ACROSS 10 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE DURING THE LAST WEEK...AND SHOWERS HAVE MOVED ACROSS YAP STATE AS WELL. CAUTION IS STILL NEEDED BECAUSE COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE LARGE VARIABILITY IN THE RAINFALL PATTERN FOR MUCH OF MICRONESIA DURING THE NEXT 5 TO 10 DAYS. THE MATURE EL NINO EVENT HAS WEAKENED ACROSS THE EQUATORIAL PACIFIC OCEAN AND THIS EVENT IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO ENSO-NEUTRAL CONDITIONS BY JUNE. ALTHOUGH THIS EL NINO WAS EARLIER CLASSIFIED AS STRONG...ITS BEHAVIOR IN MICRONESIA HAS BEEN MORE TYPICAL OF A MODERATE EVENT. THIS EPISODE OF DROUGHT HAS BEEN MOST SEVERE FOR ISLANDS FARTHEST NORTH FROM THE EQUATOR...ESPECIALLY THE NORTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS AND THE MARIANA ISLANDS. ALSO...VERY DRY CONDITIONS IN FEBRUARY AND EARLY MARCH DAMAGED SOME OF THE SUBSISTENCE FOOD CROPS ON MANY OF THE SOUTHERN MICRONESIAN ISLANDS. A MATURE EL NINO EVENT MEANS THAT THE PROCESS OF RE-DISTRIBUTING OCEANIC HEAT FROM THE WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN TO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN IS COMPLETE OR NEARLY COMPLETE. THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE TRADE-WIND TROUGH HAS SHIFTED INTO A MORE NORMAL SEASONAL POSITION SO THAT PERIODS OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS...KOSRAE...POHNPEI AND CHUUK STATES...AND THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU...AND RECENTLY YAP STATE. SUMMARY OF IMPACTS... GUAM AND CNMI... DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE MARIANA ISLANDS...AND EL NINO TYPICALLY EXTENDS THE MARIANAS DRY SEASON INTO JUNE OR JULY. ONE ADDITIONAL MONTH WITH TOTAL RAINFALL BELOW 2 INCHES FOR SAIPAN AND 3 INCHES FOR GUAM COULD STILL OCCUR. THE CNMI...AND ESPECIALLY SAIPAN...SHOULD CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES. FIRE DANGER WILL INCREASE AND REDUCED FRESH WATER SUPPLIES COULD MAKE FIRE FIGHTING DIFFICULT. GRASS FIRE DANGER ON GUAM AND ON ISLANDS OF THE CNMI WILL BECOME SEVERE DURING THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES DURING AFTERNOON HOURS COULD REQUIRE ISSUANCE OF RED FLAG WARNINGS FOR GUAM...WHICH INDICATE AN EXTREME POTENTIAL FOR FIRES TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. ALREADY LOW RIVER FLOWS ON GUAM WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH. REDUCED FLOW OF THE UGUM RIVER AND REDUCED WATER LEVELS AT FENA RESERVOIR MIGHT RESTRICT AVAILABLE WATER RESOURCES FOR SOUTHERN GUAM. THE UGUM RIVER FLOW HAS FALLEN TO NEAR THE THRESHOLD WHERE GUAM WATERWORKS MAY NEED TO REDUCE WATER PRODUCTION. AGRICULTURE HAS BEEN WITHERING IN THE KAGMAN AREA OF SAIPAN DUE TO LACK OF RAIN. THIS WILL OCCUR FOR OTHER PARTS OF SAIPAN AND IN LOCATIONS WHERE IRRIGATION IS NOT POSSIBLE. SOME LIVESTOCK ON TINIAN COULD DIE BECAUSE OF REDUCED WATER AVAILABILITY AND REDUCED FOOD RESOURCES. RAINFALL HAS BEEN REDUCED ON ROTA AND THE RISK OF FIRE DANGER HAS INCREASED...SO PRECAUTIONS ARE ADVISED IN THE USE OF WATER RESOURCES. THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU... SHOWERS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING AT TIMES ACROSS PALAU...AND A NORMAL RAINFALL PATTERN HAS DEVELOPED AND SHOULD CONTINUE. ACCORDING TO EMERGENCY MANAGERS IN PALAU...CAUTION IS STILL ADVISED THROUGH THE MONTH OF MAY...BUT ALL LOCATIONS SEEM TO HAVE ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLIES FOR NOW. FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA... YAP STATE... SPOTTY SHOWERS HAVE PRODUCED SOME RAINFALL FOR YAP STATE BUT CAUTION IS STILL ADVISED. DRIER THAN NORMAL WEATHER WILL PERSIST FOR AREAS NORTH OF 10 DEGREES AND CONSERVATION OF WATER RESOURCES IS ADVISED. EARLIER REPORTS FROM THE LOW ISLANDS OF YAP STATE INDICATE THAT FOOD CROPS SUFFERED FROM LACK OF RAIN IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH. EVEN WITH THE RETURN OF RAIN...DAMAGE TO CROPS MAY NOT BE REVERSIBLE AND FOOD ASSISTANCE MAY BE NECESSARY. CHUUK STATE... SHOWER COVERAGE HAS BEEN VARIABLE FOR CHUUK STATE DURING THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS...BUT COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE THAT A NEAR-SEASONAL RAINFALL PRODUCING PATTERN WILL CONTINUE FOR MOST OF CHUUK STATE. FOOD CROPS ON THE LOW CHUUK STATE ISLANDS LIKELY SUFFERED FROM LACK OF RAIN DURING RECENT MONTHS...AND DAMAGE TO FOOD CROPS MAY NOT BE REVERSIBLE AND FOOD ASSISTANCE MAY BE NECESSARY. POHNPEI STATE... NEAR-SEASONAL RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED FOR MOST OF POHNPEI STATE RECENTLY. COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE THAT THE RAINFALL PRODUCING PATTERN WILL EXPAND NORTHWARD AND SHOULD PRODUCE ADEQUATE RAIN FOR ALL POHNPEI STATE ISLANDS. POHNPEI STATE PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS MAY STILL REQUIRE THAT RIVER WATER AND EVEN CATCHMENT WATER BE BOILED. RIVER FLOW SHOULD BE ADEQUATE AND FRESH WATER AQUIFERS ON LOW ISLANDS SHOULD HAVE RECOVERED. CORAL BLEACHING WAS BEGINNING TO SPREAD NORTH OF THE EQUATOR...AND KAPINGAMARANGI HAS BEEN IN A CORAL BLEACHING WARNING AREA AND NUKUORO REMAINS IN A CORAL BLEACHING WATCH AREA. THE POHNPEI DISASTER COORDINATION OFFICE INDICATES THE DROUGHT HAS DAMAGED SUBSISTENCE FOOD CROPS SUCH AS TARO...BREADFRUIT AND BANANA...TAPIOCA AND COCONUT ON POHNPEI ISLAND AND ON SOME OUTER ISLANDS. CROP CULTIVATION SHOULD NO LONGER NEED TO MOVE TO HIGHER ELEVATIONS ON POHNPEI. EVEN WITH RETURN OF RAIN...DAMAGE TO CROPS COULD BE IRREVERSIBLE AND FOOD ASSISTANCE MIGHT BE STILL NECESSARY. KOSRAE STATE... ADEQUATE RAINFALL HAS FALLEN FOR MOST OF KOSRAE STATE RECENTLY AND NEAR-SEASONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE THE RAINFALL PRODUCING PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO HELP KOSRAE RECEIVE ADEQUATE RAINFALL. THE EARLIER LACK OF RAINFALL MAY HAVE DAMAGED SOME FOOD CROPS...BUT WATER RESOURCES SHOULD NOW BE ADEQUATE FOR KOSRAE. RIVER AND STREAM FLOW SHOULD BE NEAR NORMAL. ANY MORE PERIODS OF DRY WEATHER THIS YEAR SHOULD BE SHORT-LIVED. THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS... MAJURO OFFICIALS REPORT THAT THE AQUIFERS OF SEVERAL NORTHEASTERN ISLANDS HAVE BECOME SALTY...AND MAY PRODUCE HEALTH PROBLEMS. SOME PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO MOVE TO ISLANDS WITH BETTER WATER RESOURCES BECAUSE OF THE DROUGHT. THIS WAS THE CASE ON MALOELAP. COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE LIGHT AND SPOTTY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE FOR MANY OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. DROUGHT CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FROM ABOUT MAJURO NORTHWARD AND WATER CONSERVATION IS ESSENTIAL FOR NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN ISLANDS. FRESH WATER AQUIFERS OF NORTHERN ATOLLS WILL BECOME THIN AND LIKELY PRODUCE WATER TOO SALTY TO DRINK. RELIEF MAY BE NEEDED SOON. THE NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN ISLANDS SHOULD USE FRESH WATER ONLY FOR DRINKING AND COOKING. SOME TRANSPORT OF FRESH WATER WILL LIKELY BE NECESSARY SOON. SHOWERS HAVE PRODUCED WELCOME RAINFALL AT TIMES FOR THE SOUTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS. THE RUNWAY RESERVOIR AT MAJURO IS ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 13 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER. THE NEED FOR WATER CONSERVATION SHOULD BE MONITORED ON MAJURO. FRESH WATER AQUIFERS OF SOUTHERN ATOLLS SHOULD GRADUALLY RECOVER. FOOD CROPS ON SOME OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS MAY HAVE SUFFERED FROM LACK OF RAIN. EVEN WITH THE RETURN OF RAIN...DAMAGE TO CROPS MIGHT BE IRREVERSIBLE AND FOOD ASSISTANCE AS WELL AS WATER ASSISTANCE MIGHT BE NECESSARY. CLIMATE SUMMARY... THE DRY PHASE OF EL NINO...WHICH NORMALLY BEGINS IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER...DID NOT START UNTIL DECEMBER OR JANUARY AT MANY LOCATIONS. THIS DELAYED THE DROUGHT ONSET...AND INTRODUCED THE POSSIBILITY OF A DELAYED END TO THE DROUGHT. NOW IT APPEARS THAT RAINS WILL RETURN AS THEY NORMALLY DO AFTER EL NINO EVENTS AND THE DROUGHT DURATION WILL BE RELATIVELY SHORT FOR MOST LOCATIONS SOUTH OF 10 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE. THE NORTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS AND THE MARIANA ISLANDS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO BE VERY DRY INTO JUNE. THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS JANUARY...FEBRUARY...MARCH...APRIL AND RECENT MAY RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN MICRONESIA. JAN FEB MAR APR MAY MAY (AS OF 5/20) NORMAL GUAM 4.69 1.06 4.40 2.16 0.43 5.42 SAIPAN 2.51 0.89 2.41 2.35 0.31 2.89 KOROR 6.88 3.61 3.44 6.62 5.93 11.27 YAP 5.29 2.12 4.32 7.11 1.85 8.15 ULITHI 3.52 1.66 5.71 2.89 1.30 7.17 WOLEAI 5.89 1.04 3.82 9.26 4.41 9.83 WENO CHUUK 11.91 2.46 7.35 12.46 4.71 11.29 LUKUNOR 16.41 0.29 13.90 20.04 8.81 14.29 POLOWAT 2.69 1.19 7.01 8.24 4.52 9.78 ONOUN 10.82 1.50 7.86 5.24 0.95 ~9.00 FANANU 4.22 1.58 6.65 10.45 2.40 ~10.00 POHNPEI 8.16 1.83 23.94 22.76 9.58 19.41 PINGELAP 19.01 1.70 17.89 9.66 3.70 15.38 NUKUORO 16.39 0.18 15.19 17.38 11.18 14.45 KAPINGAMARANGI 16.01 3.28 20.93 17.99 7.40 ~15.00 KOSRAE 12.87 2.24 17.76 23.85 NA 18.13 KOSRAE NAUTILUS 12.31 1.95 20.48 26.35 7.80 18.13 MAJURO 4.89 3.74 9.73 9.41 0.82 11.53 KWAJALEIN 5.29 1.20 3.86 1.72 0.55 8.62 JALUIT 6.17 2.36 13.03 6.93 5.52 12.11 MILI 7.40 2.20 8.79 7.59 0.94 12.52 AILINGLAPLAP 3.17 0.69 3.82 2.21 NA 12.21 WOTJE 0.69 1.39 0.77 0.12 0.25 5.60 PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK... THE MARIANA ISLANDS AND THE NORTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS ARE STILL AT RISK FOR EXTENDED DROUGHT CONDITIONS. DROUGHT CONDITIONS APPEAR TO BE OVER FOR OTHER MORE SOUTHERN AREAS...SUCH AS SOUTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS...THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU. REMEMBER THAT DURING MAY THE SUN IS OVERHEAD...CAUSING TEMPERATURES TO RISE. MODERATE TRADE WINDS WILL HELP TO MODERATE TEMPERATURES BUT BRIGHT SUNSHINE AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE DRY CONDITIONS FOR BOTH SOIL AND FOLIAGE. THE RAINFALL PRODUCING PATTERN HAS BEEN LESS ORGANIZED DURING THE LAST WEEK...BUT SOME SHOWERS HAVE ALSO SPREAD FARTHER NORTHWARD TO ACROSS 10 DEGREES NORTH. HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY (SEE CLIMATE SUMMARY SECTION) AND OUTLOOK... GUAM AND CNMI... THE MONTH OF MAY AND PERHAPS THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF JUNE COULD SEE RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONLY 2 INCHES OR LESS FOR TINIAN AND SAIPAN AND 3 INCHES OR LESS FOR GUAM AND ROTA. NORMAL RAINS SHOULD RETURN IN LATE JUNE OR EARLY JULY FOR GUAM AND ROTA AND BY LATE JULY FOR SAIPAN AND TINIAN. MEANWHILE...COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE LESS THAN A THIRD OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL FOR THE MARIANA ISLANDS DURING THE NEXT 10 DAYS. THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU... MAY RAINFALL HAS BEEN NEAR NORMAL. DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED FOR THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU. COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING THE NEXT 10 DAYS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF A TROPICAL CYCLONE PASSING NORTH OF PALAU DURING MAY AND JUNE. FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA... DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED FOR THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA...ALTHOUGH THE NORTHERN YAP STATE ISLANDS COULD BE A LITTLE DRY. YAP STATE... THE DRY EFFECTS OF THE EL NINO ARE WEAKENING FOR MOST ISLANDS OF YAP STATE. REDUCED RAINFALL MIGHT OCCUR THROUGH MAY FOR NORTHERN ISLANDS BUT SIGNIFICANT DROUGHT CONDITIONS APPEAR TO BE OVER FOR YAP STATE. COMPUTER MODELS SHOW LARGE VARIABILITY BUT INDICATE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING THE NEXT 10 DAYS FOR MOST OF THE AREA. CHUUK STATE... DROUGHT IS OVER FOR CHUUK STATE. THE TRADE-WIND TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND NORTHWARD AND CAUSE FAIRLY WET WEATHER FOR MOST ISLANDS OF CHUUK STATE. DRY WEATHER MIGHT STILL AFFECT THE ISLETS OF NAMONUITO ATOLL AND THE HALL ISLANDS...SO WATER CONSERVATION IS RECOMMENDED THERE FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE ABOUT 1 INCH OF RAINFALL DURING THE NEXT 5 DAYS AND 3 INCHES DURING THE NEXT 10 DAYS FOR THE CHUUK LAGOON AREA. POHNPEI STATE... DROUGHT IS OVER FOR POHNPEI STATE. COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE THAT THE TRADE-WIND TROUGH WILL EXPAND NORTHWARD AND A NEAR-SEASONAL WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED FOR ISLANDS OF POHNPEI STATE. COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING THE NEXT 5 TO 10 DAYS. KOSRAE STATE... DROUGHT IS OVER FOR KOSRAE STATE. THE TRADE-WIND TROUGH IS NEAR ITS NORMAL POSITION AND ADEQUATE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING THE NEXT 5 TO 10 DAYS. THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS... SPOTTY SHOWERS HAVE OCCURRED FOR THE NORTHERN ISLANDS BUT NOTHING SUBSTANTIAL. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS HAVE OCCURRED FOR MOST SOUTHERN ISLANDS. THE MAJURO RUNWAY RESERVOIR WAS ESTIMATED TO HAVE ABOUT 13 MILLION GALLONS OF FRESH WATER. WATER CONSERVATION STILL NEEDS TO BE EXERCISED AT MAJURO DUE TO ITS LARGE POPULATION. MAJURO AND THE SOUTHERN ISLANDS... MAJURO WILL BE RELATIVELY DRY WITH MAINLY JUST ISOLATED TRADE-WIND SHOWERS. COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE THAT MAJURO AND OTHER SOUTHERN ISLANDS...SUCH AS MILI AND EBON...CAN EXPECT ONLY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL AT BEST DURING THE COMING 5 TO 10 DAYS. RAINFALL WILL LIKELY BE BELOW NORMAL IN THE COMING WEEK OR TWO. KWAJALEIN AND THE NORTHERN ISLANDS... NORTHERN ATOLLS WILL REMAIN IN DROUGHT CONDITIONS DURING THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE THAT KWAJALEIN AND THE NORTHERN ISLANDS WILL RECEIVE ANYWHERE FROM ONLY A HALF INCH OF RAINFALL IN THE NEXT 5 DAYS TO PERHAPS 2 INCHES DURING THE NEXT 10 DAYS. THE LIKELIHOOD EXISTS THAT ONE OR TWO MONTHS AT KWAJALEIN AND ADJACENT ATOLLS WILL HAVE LESS THAN 3 INCHES. ONE OR TWO MONTHS AT WOTJE... UTIRIK...MALOELAP AND ENEWETAK...AND NEARBY ATOLLS COULD HAVE LESS THAN 2 INCHES. DRINKING WATER AND HEALTH CONCERNS COULD BECOME CRITICAL ON SOME OF THESE NORTHERN ISLANDS. OTHER IMPACTS... DUE TO THE EASTWARD TRANSPORT OF OCEANIC HEAT...TUNA MAY HAVE MOVED EASTWARD AWAY FROM THE FSM TOWARD THE MARSHALL ISLANDS AND SAMOA. THE US CORAL REEF WATCH PROGRAM INDICATES THAT CORAL BLEACHING IS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN PARTS OF MICRONESIA...AND MAY AFFECT PALAU'S SOUTHERN ISLANDS...AND NUKUORO AND ESPECIALLY KAPINGAMARANGI IN POHNPEI STATE. NORTHERN HEMISPHERE ISLANDS IN POHNPEI STATE AND THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU SHOULD MONITOR THE NOAA CORAL REEF WATCH WEBSITE FOR BLEACHING ALERTS: HTTP://CORALREEFWATCH.NOAA.GOV/SATELLITE/BAA/INDEX.HTML (SMALL CASE) NEXT ISSUANCE DATE... THE NEXT DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED ON THURSDAY THE 27TH OF MAY...OR SOONER IF NEEDED FOR SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS...YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICES OR YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OR DISASTER COORDINATING OFFICES FOR THE LATEST WEATHER AND DROUGHT INFORMATION. && RELATED WEB SITES... ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CURRENT DROUGHT CONDITIONS MAY BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESSES /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/... NWS WFO GUAM...HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GUAM/ /UNDER MENU ITEM CLIMATE...MORE/ PACIFIC ENSO APPLICATIONS CENTER...HTTP://WWW.SOEST.HAWAII.EDU/MET/ENSO/INDEX2.HTML GUAM HOMELAND SECURITY...OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE... HTTP://WWW.GUAMHS.ORG/MAIN/ CNMI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE...OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR... HTTP://WWW.CNMIEMO.GOV.MP/ NOAA CORAL REEF WATCH BLEACHING... HTTP://CORALREEFWATCH.NOAA.GOV/SATELLITE/BAA/INDEX.HTML ACKNOWLEDGMENTS... WE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR PARTNERS AT THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER...THE PACIFIC ENSO APPLICATIONS CENTER...UNIVERSITY OF GUAM...UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII...HONOLULU FORECAST OFFICE...GUAM HOMELAND SECURITY/OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE...THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE...WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES AT PALAU...YAP ...CHUUK...POHNPEI...AND MAJURO...THE FSM OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OEEM...IN POHNPEI FSM...THE STATE DISASTER COORDINATION OFFICES AT YAP...POHNPEI...CHUUK...AND KOSRAE...THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION OFFICE...NEMCO...IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS...AND THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE...NEMO...IN THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU. 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