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UNDRO 91/1180MYANMAR - FLOODSUNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO. 126 JULY 1991 1. TORRENTIAL RAINS SINCE 13 JULY, HAVE CAUSED CHINDWIN RIVER IN NORTHERN MYANMAR TO EXCEED ITS DANGER LEVEL BY 346 CM, THUS ERODING RIVER BANKS AND FLOODING…

UNDRO 91/1163 BANGLADESH - FLOODS UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 23 JULY 1991 1. UN DISASTER MANAGEMENT TEAM (DMT) MET WITH EXPERTS FROM BANGLADESH METEROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT AND BANGLADESH WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD TO REVIEW OVERALL FLOOD SITUATION IN COUNTRY. 2. FROM ANALYSIS OF MONSOON…

UNDRO 91/1151 MYANMAR - FLOODS UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 19 JULY 1991 1. IN NORTHERN MYANMAR, IRRAWADDY RIVER STARTED TO RISE 10 JULY RENDERING 15,000 PERSONS (3,000 FAMILIES) HOMELESS IN SAGAING ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION. LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE RELOCATED AFFECTED POPULATION TO TOWNS ON…

UNDRO 91/1126 AFGHANISTAN - EARTHQUAKE UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 15 JULY 1991 1. US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORTS EARTHQUAKE MEASURING 6.6 ON RICHTER SCALE OCCURED IN NORTHEASTERN AFGHANISTAN APPROX 290 KM NORTHEAST OF KABUL ON 14 JULY AT 09.09 HOURS GMT.…

UNDRO 91/1101 INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 8 JULY 1991 1. AT 8 P.M. LOCAL TIME ON 4 JULY, A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE (6.7 RICHTER SCALE) OCCURRED 110 KM EAST OF KALABAI (CAPITAL OF ALORS DISTRICT) BETWEEN ALOR AND TIMOR ISLANDS. 2.…

Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network, vol. 16, no. 7 (July 1991) Managing Editor: Lindsay McClelland. Pinatubo (Philippines) Ash emissions decreasing; typhoons trigger large lahars Please cite this report as: Global Volcanism Program, 1991. Report on Pinatubo (Philippines). In: McClelland,…

UNDRO 91/1021INDONESIA - EARTHQUAKEUNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO.120 JUNE 1991 1. A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF SULAWESI ISLAND, ABOUT 250 KM WEST OF MANADO TOWN AT 05:18 GMT ON 20 JUNE 1991. 2. MAGNITUDE COMPUTED…

UNDRO 91/1005PHILIPPINESVOLCANIC ERUPTION/TROPICAL STORM/EARTH TREMORSINFORMATION REPORT NO. 116 JUNE 1991 1. AFTER A WEEK OF INTENSE VOLCANIC ACTIVITY CAREFULLY MONITORED BY PHILIPPINE GOVERNEMENT AND SCIENTIFIC AUTHORITIES, MOUNT PINATUBO UNLEASHED A SERIES OF VIOLENT ERUPTIONS SINCE LAST FRIDAY…

UNDRO 91/0981 AFGHANISTAN FLOODS IN JAWZJAN PROVINCE UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 11 JUNE 1991 1. FLOODS HIT NORTHERN PROVINCE OF JAWZJAN BORDERING USSR END MAY. INITIAL UN ASSESSMENT INDICATES NO LOSS OF LIFE. ESTIMATED 1,000 HOMELESS PERSONS IN WORST AFFECTED VILLAGES OF…

UNDRO 91/0733MONGOLIA - SEVERE WINDS/SNOW/STEPPE FIRE INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 30 APRIL 1991 1. SEVERE WINDS AND SNOW 21-23 APRIL PLUS LARGE STEPPE FIRES FROM ELECTRICAL STORM HAVE CAUSED TREMENDOUS LOSS OF CATTLE AND SOME HUMAN CASUALTIES. 2. DRASTIC, RAPID…