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95/0166 SITUATION 1. UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE IN JAKARTA REPORTS THE OCCURRENCE OF FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES ON 1 MAY IN THE PROVINCE OF NORTHERN SUMATRA. THE OCCURRENCE WAS TRIGGERED BY HEAVY CONTINUOUS RAINFALL IN LATE APRIL. 2. THE FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES HAVE AFFECTED THE…

Section 2 TROPICAL CYCLONE OVERVIEW FOR 1994 In 1994, there were 4l* tropical cyclones over the western North Pacific and the adjacent seas bounded by the equator, 45oN, 100o E and 180o Compared with the 30-year annual average…

DHA-GENEVA 95/0163 1. THE 27 APRIL FIRE BROKE OUT FROM 11.20 A.M. TILL 3 P.M. IN THE TOWN OF BAGO. THE TOWN HAS SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSANDS OF INHABITANTS AND IS SITUATED 48 MILES SOUTH OF THE CAPITAL YANGON. SEVERAL FIRES…

DHA-GENEVA 95/0160 1. FIVE SUCCESSIVE EARTHQUAKES SHOOK THE CENTRAL PHILIPPINES ON FRIDAY MORNING AS OF 8 AM LOCAL TIME OR GMAT 00:09:55 FURTHER AFTERSHOCKS ARE EXPECTED. 2. THE FIRST OF THREE EARTHQUAKES HAD A EPICENTRE 12.0 NORTH 125.6 EAST 12.1 AND…

DHA-GVA 95/0158 1. WEEKEND STORMS AFFECTED THE DISTRICT OF CHITTAGONG, THE DISTRICT OF MADARIPUR AND MOSTLY THE DISTRICT OF MUNSHIGANJ NEAR DHAKAR. 2. IN MUNSHIGANJ ALONE 50 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN SEVERAL VILLAGES NEAR DHAKAR OUT OF A TOTAL OF 69…

DHA-GENEVA 95/0131 1. ON 2 APRIL WFP/UNICEF FIELD MISSION ACCOMPANIED BY BADAKHSHAN PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES VISITED THE AFFECTED AREA AND REPORTED THE FOLLOWING THROUGH UNOCHA OFFICE IN ISLAMABAD. ON 27 MARCH AT 23:00 HRS LOCAL TIME, VILLAGE OF QALUQI ZIRI KOTAL…

DHA-GENEVA 95/0128 1. UNOCHA FIELD OFFICE IN FAIZABAD, CAPITAL OF BADAKHSHAN PROVINCE WAS NOTIFIED BY PROVINCE GOVERNOR THAT A MAJOR LANDSLIDE HIT THE VILLAGE OF KURLUK ZIR KUTAL IN DARAIM DISTRICT. THE AREA IS WEST OF FAIZABAD NEAR THE BORDER…

DHA-GENEVA 95/0125 (DHA IS ISSUING THIS UPDATE AT THE REQUEST OF WHO) IN FEBRUARY 1995, THE WHO DIVISION OF EMERGENCY AND HUMANITARIAN ACTION WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE GLOBAL TASK FORCE ON CHOLERA CONTROL LAUNCHED AN APPEAL FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR CHOLERA…

DHA-GENEVA 95/0122INDONESIA - EARTHQUAKES IN IRIAN JAYADHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 120 MARCH 1995 1. TWO EARTHQUAKES OCCURRED IN IRIAN JAYA, INDONESIA, TODAY. FIRST EARTHQUAKE MEASURING 5.8 ON RICHTER SCALE OCCURRED AT 3:31 AM LOCAL TIME. EPICENTER WAS…

DHA-GENEVA 95/0110 (DHA IS ISSUING THIS APPEAL AT THE REQUEST OF WHO) I. INTRODUCTION THE LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (LAO PDR) IS A LAND-LOCKED COUNTRY BETWEEN THAILAND AND VIET NAM. IT HAS A LAND AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 236 800 SQ KMS AND…