Informes

DHAGVA - 97/0880 GOVERNMENT APPEALS FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE General situation 1. Abnormal heavy rains, associated with the recurrent El Nino Phenomenon, have caused overflowing of the Paraguay river, affecting the Provinces of Asuncion (and its metropolitan area), Concepcion, Alberdi, San Pedro, Presidente Hayes…

Ref: DHAGVA - 97/0877 General Situation 1. According to the UNDP/DHA Resident Representative, during December heavy rains have caused flooding and landslides in the Northern, Central and South-Eastern parts of Peru. The state of emergency has been declared in the…

ECUADOR EL NINO - FLOODS DHA - GENEVA SITUATION REPORT NO. 4 Situation 1. The intensity of rainfall in Ecuador decreased during the period from 2 to 7 December 1997. However, since 8 December 1997, heavy rainfall has been reported in…

Situation 1. The flooding in Ecuador has worsened during the past ten days. On 24 November 1997, after twenty hours of torrential rain (195 mm of precipitation), the cities of Guayaquil, Chone, Milagro, Salitre, Naranjal, El Triunfo, Vinces, as well…

DHAGVA - 97/0865 General situation 1. The UNDP/DHA Resident Representative in Brazil, indicates that, following reports from the State Civil Defence Secretariat, floods, strong winds and hail, caused by the El Nino phenomenon, have affected the…

Mexico's "Hurricane Paulina" Contact: Cathy MacCaul. PITTSBURGH-- World Vision will ship more than $64,000 worth of relief supplies to Mexico for victims of hurricane "Paulina" on Tuesday, December 2. The shipment, a 48-foot container of clothing, shoes and soap, donated by Dress…

35,000 PEOPLE AFFECTED BY FLOODS ON THE COAST OF ECUADOR Heavy rainfalls since the end of October have caused severe flooding along the coast of Ecuador. The flooding, associated with the El Niño phenomenon, is affecting 35,000 people in…

Ref: DHAGVA - 97/0859 35,000 people affected on the coast of Ecuador General situation 1. The UNDP/DHA Resident Coordinator and the United Nations Disaster Management Team report that, according to the Ecuadorean Civil Defence of Ecuador, heavy rainfall since the end of…

DATE=11/21/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-223054 TITLE=EL NINO / PERU / WORLD BANK (L-ONLY) BYLINE=MICHAEL BOWMAN DATELINE=WASHINGTON CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE WORLD BANK, THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK AND THE GOVERNMENT OF PERU HAVE TEAMED UP TO PREPARE THAT SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY FOR MASSIVE RAINFALL AND FLOODING…

UNDP FLASH! Western Nicaragua has been hit hard by drought induced by El Niño, which is being blamed for eliminating much of the region's two annual rainy seasons. Over 200,000 people have been affected, mostly peasant farmers, losing between 50…