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Swimming to safety: A Papua New Guinea family survives Cyclone Maila floods | IFRC

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Current understanding

ReliefWeb Guinea humanitarian updates reports: “Swimming to safety: A Papua New Guinea family survives Cyclone Maila floods | IFRC”. [1]

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Impact assessment

40/100

Impact assessment

elevated human impact

The score is supported by an authoritative primary source.

Score breakdown

What shaped this score

Each dimension is scored separately out of 100.

Loss of life and injuryNot yet evidenced
People affectedNot yet evidenced
Living conditions40/100
Ongoing riskNot yet evidenced
Duration and relief accessNot yet evidenced
Wider societal impactNot yet evidenced

The strongest evidenced dimension establishes the base score. Separate human-impact dimensions can add a bounded share of the remaining headroom without double-counting the same harm.

What the reporting supports

  • Living conditionsLiving-condition or essential-service disruption is explicitly reportedsurvives Cyclone Maila floods