The damage recovery needs appraisal is envisioned as a rapid exercise, drawing mostly on existing primary and secondary source information, using qualitative and quantitative methods to describe and measure impacts, assess needs and develop preliminary and costed priority interventions. Primary data sources would include government counterpart data; remote sensing and satellite imagery; social media analytics; and partner humanitarian agency data. Taking security concerns and constraints in consideration, these data sources may be supplemented by rapid field surveys conducted by GoI counterparts or contractors for validation purposes.