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By Jason Webb QUITO, Ecuador (Reuters) - Ecuador's Guagua Pichincha volcano belched out a giant mushroom cloud of ash Thursday in its second major explosion in three days and it looked as if an atomic bomb had exploded over Quito. People…

ROME - Nearly a year after Hurricane Mitch savaged the countries of Central America, creating the worst humanitarian crisis in the region in over 100 years, unusually heavy rainfalls are now threatening to lead to a food crisis, the…

CHURCH WORLD SERVICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICE Church World Service is the Humanitarian Agency of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. 35 Denominations & Communions Working Together to Meet Human Needs EMERGENCY ACCOUNT #976720 for $100,000 Signed by the…

CONTACT: Kerry Hodges (410) 625-2220, ext. 3203 khodges@catholicrelief.org Baltimore, October 8, 1999 - Catholic Relief Services has made an initial pledge of $100,000 to assist victims in the rain-drenched communities of central and eastern Mexico. The floods and subsequent mudslides,…

Cynthia Long, Staff Writer, DisasterRelief.org Weeks of heavy rain have claimed nearly 200 lives in Central America and the death toll could continue to rise. In Mexico, the country hardest hit by the floods, 139 are already reported dead or…

SITUATION Total Evacuations Nationwide a total of 3652 people were evacuated during the week 4-8 October inclusive Eastern Honduras Heavy rains were recorded for the first half of the week (4-8 October) due to the tropical wave which was located over the…

By Dan Trotta MEXICO CITY, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Up to 70 people in a Mexican mountain town, including 14 school children, were believed buried under mudslides on Thursday after days of relentless rain that has already killed more than…

MEXICO CITY, Oct 7 (Reuters) - More punishing rains were forecast to fall across much of southern and central Mexico on Thursday, with 139 people already reported dead or missing and tens of thousands flooded out of their homes. At…

El Instituto Geofísico se encuentra monitoreando el volcánTungurahua. A continuación se presenta un resumen del estado actual del volcán: SISMICIDAD Se han registrado 4 sismos LP (tipo largo periodo) y un sismo HB (tipo híbrido). El tremor alcanzó amplitud importante en la…

REF: GVA/99/0174 Mexico - Floods OCHA - Situation Report No. 1 7 October 1999 Hundreds of thousands affected in southeastern Mexico 1. According to press reports, torrential rains from the season's 11th tropical depression have caused severe flooding and mudslides in Eastern and…