Informes

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (Reuters) - El Salvador Tuesday declared a red alert state of emergency as heavy rains continued to pummel the Central American country and up to 2,500 people were evacuated from flood-threatened homes. ''We have preventively declared…

HONDURAS: A "Red Alert" has been declared for the entire country of Honduras, as heavy rains have been falling in Central America for the past several weeks, causing the levels of the country's main rivers (Ul=FAa, Chamelecón, Choluteca and Grande)…

ATLANTA (September 29, 1999) - In Honduras, the international relief and development organization CARE is providing immediate provisions of food, clean water and plastic sheeting to hundreds of families affected by recent floods and landslides caused by heavy rains. "So soon…

HONDURAS: En Honduras se ha declarado la "Alerta Roja" para todo el país, debido a las intensas lluvias que han estado ocurriendo en Centroamérica durante las =FAltimas semanas, las que han provocado que los niveles de los principales ríos…

Ref:GVA/99/0164 Honduras Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 4 29 September 1999 1. According to the meteorological service of Honduras, heavy rains will continue to fall over Honduras and neighbouring Central American countries throughout the next couple of days. 2. Discharges of the…

By Mario Naranjo QUITO, Ecuador (Reuters) - The south of Ecuador's capital city Quito was covered with about an inch of volcanic ash Wednesday as part of a volcano spitting nearby began to crumble. Quito and the surrounding area was…

Ref:GVA/99/0166 El Salvador - Floods OCHA - Geneva Situation Report No.1 29 September 1999 Government declares Red Alert 1. The United Nations Resident Coordinator in El Salvador reports that the Government has declared red alert for the entire country, following…

The Disaster Annual rainfall in Central America has been intensifying over the past two weeks. Whilst spared the impact of the recent hurricanes so far, the region is still vulnerable following the effects of last year's Hurricane Mitch. The situation…

Ref: GVA/99/0162 Honduras Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 3 28 September 1999 1. Discharges at the "El Cajon" dam have been increased to a level of 1,200 cubic meters per second due to continuous rains up-stream. This will raise the level of the…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON, DC 20523 # 99-123 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, DC - Due to intensive rains and flooding in the central and western parts of Honduras over the past two weeks, the U.S. Ambassador to Honduras declared…