Informes

DHAGVA - 96/0478 APPEAL FOR TENTS AND BLANKETS 1. The Vice-President of Peru has appealed, through the UNDP/DHA Resident Representative in Lima, for 2,000 family tents and 4,000 blankets in order to assist the population rendered homeless in the provinces affected…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0491 1. The Government of Peru issued, on 13 November 1996, a declaration of emergency for 60 days in the Provinces of Ica, Palpa, Nazca, Caraveli, Lucanas and Huancavelica. 2. Priority emergency needs in the affected areas are…

DHAGVA - 96/6487 Effects on population 1. The UNDP/DHA Resident Representative in Lima reports that, according to initial estimates, 9,000 families have been affected, 15 people have been reported dead and 320 injured. Damage on housing/ infrastructure 2. It is…

NAZCA, Peru (Reuter) - Tens of thousands of people slept in the streets on Wednesday after their houses were destroyed by an earthquake that hit southern Peru on Tuesday, killing seven people and injuring at least 500. The hardest hit…

DHAGVA - 96/0484 1. The U.S. Geological Survey reports that an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 on the Richter scale occurred on 12 November 1996 near the cost of Peru about 65 miles (100 km) south-southeast of Lima at…

DATE=11/13/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-206104 TITLE=PERUVIAN EARTHQUAKE (L-UPDATE) BYLINE=SHARON STEVENSON DATELINE=LIMA, PERU CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: AN EARTHQUAKE THAT STRUCK PERU TUESDAY HAS LEFT 11 PEOPLE DEAD AND ABOUT 300 OTHERS INJURED IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY. SHARON STEVENSON REPORTS SOME 40 TO 60…

The following is an excerpt from HUMANITARIAN NEWS, Issue 5/96 REF: DHAGVA - 96/0486 CUBA: RELIEF AND REHABILITATION CONTINUES Despite the terrible damage caused by Hurricane Lili, the speedy introduction of preventive measures, among them evacuation of over 270,000 people, averted casualties…

LIMA, Peru (Reuter) - A strong earthquake hit the southern coast of Peru on Tuesday, killing five people and injuring at least 300, Civil Defence officials said. The quake was felt throughout central Peru and shook the capital of Lima…

The Disaster AFP (the French news agency) reports that on 12 November at 17h00 a one-minute earthquake, graded 7.3 on the Richter scale, followed by about 40 tremors, struck southern Peru. The quake killed at least ten people and injured…