Reports

UNDRO 87/2524VIETNAM - TYPHOON MAURYUNDRO INFO REPORT NO. 1- 30 NOVEMBER 1987 - 1. HEAVY RAINFALL ON 18/19 NOVEMBER 1987 HAS CAUSED SERIOUS FLOODS IN NGHIA BINH PROVINCE. REPORTS INDICATE RICE AND OTHER CROPS UNDER WATER AND HEAVY DAMAGE…

UNDRO 87/2521PHILIPPINES - TYPHOON SISANGUNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 128 NOVEMBER 1987 1. GENERAL TYPHOON SISANG CODENAME NINA WITH A STRENGTH OF 250 KPH HIT COASTAL CENTRAL PHILIPPINES 25 NVEMBER 1987. THE TYPHOON TOUCHED 19 PROVINCES AND CREATED GREAT…

UNDRO 87/2357 INDONESIA - FLOODS INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 4 NOVEMBER 1987 SITUATION 1. HEAVY MONSOON RAINS HAVE CAUSED FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES IN ACEH PROVINCE, NORTHERN SUMATRA. 2. OFFICIAL REPORTS INDICATE SERIOUS LOSSES IN CROPS, UNHUSKED RICE AND LIVESTOCK. DAMAGES ARE REPORTED AS FOLLOWS: IMPORTANT…

Introduction When hunger is as pervasive and as persistently so as in Bangladesh, the food problem ceases to be just one aspect of the economic problem. It becomes indistinguishable from the totality of the development problem itself.…

UNDRO 87/1912 VIETNAM - TYPHOON - UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 2 SEPT 1987 UNDRO RESREP REPORTED THAT ON 16 AUG 87 TYPHOON BETTY STRUCK PROVINCES BINH TRI THIEN AND NGHE TINH CAUSING LOSS OF LIVES, DAMAGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND AGRICULTURE AND…

UNDRO 87/1799 PHILIPPINES - TYPHOON BETTY UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO 1 14 AUGUST 1987 SITUATION 1. ON 13 AUGUST TYPHOON BETTY SLAMMED ACROSS THE PHILIPPINES CAUSING HEAVY DAMAGE AND CASUALTIES IN SEVERAL REGIONS: BATANGAS, LAGUNA, BICOL, MINDORO, CAVITE AND LUZON. 2. LATEST…

UNDRO 87/1800 NEPAL - FLOODS UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO.1 14 AUGUST 1987 SITUATION A) FOLLOWING TORRENTIAL RAINS FOR PAST TWO WEEKS EXTENSIVE FLOOD AND LANDSLIDE DAMAGE HAVE BEEN REPORTED THROUGHOUT COUNTRY. PARTICULARLY AFFECTED ARE CENTRAL AND EASTERN TERAI DISTRICTS AND CENTRAL HILLS. IN…

UNDRO 87/1279BANGLADESH - CYCLONIC STORM/TIDAL SURGE UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 10 JUNE 1987 1. ON 5 JUNE MIDNIGHT A DEEP DEPRESSION (PREVIOUSLY FORMED IN BAY OF BENGAL) CROSSED HATIYA, SWANDWIP, PATUAKHALI, BHOLA REGION AS A CYCLONIC STORM ACCOMPANIED…

UNDRO 87/1062 INDONESIA - HEAVY RAINS/FLOODS INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 19 MAY 1987 SITUATION UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS: 1. HEAVY RAINS IN BENGKULU PROVINCE, SOUTHERN SUMATRA, CAUSED 3-4 METER RISE IN RIVER LEVEL ON 10 MAY AND CONSEQUENT FLOODING DESTROYED ABOUT 126 HOUSES, 40 RICE…

UNDRO 87/0913 INDONESIA - EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 30 APRIL 1987 SITUATION FOLLOWING DETAILS REPORTED BY TELEX FROM UNDP/UNDRO RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE: 1. SINCE SUNDAY, 26 APRIL, 150 TREMORS HAVE OCCURRED (STRONGEST 6.6 RICHTER SCALE). 2. ALTHOUGH 15,000 PEOPLE IN NORTH TAPANULI ABANDONED THEIR HOMES DUE TO…