Informes

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS The governments of the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Guerrero have asked the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for assistance following the destruction caused by Hurricane Pauline on 9 and 10 October. According to a Situation Report of the United…

By David Luhnow ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) - Health workers vaccinated thousands of residents of hurricane-devastated Acapulco at makeshift centers Monday, hoping to halt the spread of deadly diseases. Teams of government health workers set up makeshift vaccine centers across the stricken…

El día 9 de Octubre de 1997 los Estados de Oaxaca y Guerrero en la Republica de México fueron inpactados por el Huracán Paulin ocasionando destrozos y además afectando a los habitantes de la región. El Huracán Paulin tuvo una intensidad…

DHAGVA - 97/0531 Mexico Hurricane Pauline DHA-Geneva Situation Report no. 1 12 October 1997 1. The National Civil Protection System is implementing emergency plans to support the communities concerned in the States of Oaxaca and Guerrero that were hit by the hurricane Pauline from…

Information Bulletin N=B0 01 The Disaster Hurricane Pauline, widely reported as Mexico's worst natural disaster in a decade, is now receding after leaving a trail of death and destruction up to 50 km inland from the country's Pacific coastline. Hardest hit…

ALERT Mexico - Hurricane Pauline Geneva, 11 October 1997 Dear Friends, The deadliest and most severe hurricane since 1959 pounded Mexico's southwestern Pacific coast on Friday with winds over 160 kilometres per hour and torrential rains. Although exact figures are not yet available,…

Ref: DHAGVA - 97/0530 1. From 10 to 16 August 1997, the Government carried out a simulation exercise to prepare for the possible effects of the phenomenon El Niño. The exercice was held at the national, regional, provincial and district…

DN: IP/97/871 Jacques SANTER, Président de la Commission européenne, vient d'envoyer un message de solidarité au Président mexicain, Ernesto Zedillo, suite au violent ouragan qui a frappé la côte sud du Mexique ce matin (Ouragan Paulina). La Commission européenne a…

CHURCH WORLD SERVICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICE 34 Denominations & Communions Working Together to Meet Human Needs SITUATION: At least 123 have died and some 10,000 are homeless in and around Acapulco, Mexico, in the wake of Hurricane Pauline, one of the…

DHAGVA - 97/0529 1. Preparedness measures are being taken by the Government in view of the potential threat posed by the phenomenon El Niño. A state of emergency was declared by a presidential decree in July 1997 and a High…