Informes

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0204 SITUATION - APPEAL 1. RAIN CONTINUING. WATER REMAINS HIGH IN FLOODED AREAS. 2. SOME 28,000 PERSONS (7,000 FAMILIES) AFFECTED. NO INFORMATION YET AVAILABLE ABOUT AREAS IN SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTRY (ABOUT 35 PER CENT OF TOTAL SURFACE).…

Summary Since January heavy rains have affected many parts of Colombia causing widespreaddamage due to flooding, and landslides. Over 200,000 persons have been directly affectedlosing their homes, crops and livestock. The rains continue and more are predicted as aresult of the…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0201 SITUATION - APPEAL 1. HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO AFFECT SEVEN REGIONS IN GUYANA, WORSENING THE SITUATION FOR WHICH THE GVT HAS REQUESTED INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE AS REFLECTED IN DHA SITUATION REPORT NO.1. WEATHER FORECASTS ARE NOT FAVORABLE FOR…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0202 1. ACCORDING TO UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE IN CARACAS THE FLOOD SITUATION TENDS TO NORMALIZATION. THE ORINOCO RIVER HAS CRESTED AND SLOWLY GOING DOWN. NATIONAL RESPONSE 2. REGIONAL AND NATIONAL AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THE AFFECTED…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0198 SITUATION 1. HEAVY RAINS LIKELY TO CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST NEXT TWO WEEKS. AREAS FLOODED WILL REMAIN UNDER WATER FOR ABOUT A MONTH. 2. OUT OF SEVEN REGIONS AFFECTED, MAHAICA, MAHAICONY AND ABARY MOST SEVERELY HIT. MANY…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0192 1. ON 12 JULY THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GUYANA CONVENED A MEETING OF THE HEADS OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN GEORGETOWN IN ORDER TO COMMUNICATE THAT THE HEAD…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0189 THIS MESSAGE IS NOT AN OFFICIAL HURRICANE WARNING OR ALERT FOR ANY COUNTRY. 1. CARIBBEAN DISASTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE AGENCY HAS PROVIDED A SUMMARY OF DAMAGE. ANTIGUA BARBUDA: GENERALLY DAMAGE IS LOW. SOME TEN HOUSES DAMAGED. TWO MAIN…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0187 THIS MESSAGE IS NOT AN OFFICIAL HURRICANE WARNING OR ALERT FOR ANY COUNTRY. 1. THE US NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORTS THAT HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES FROM DOMINICA NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD TO PUERTO RICO. GOVERNMENT OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0186 THIS MESSAGE IS NOT AN OFFICIAL HURRICANE WARNING OR ALERT FOR ANY COUNTRY 1. THE US NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORTS THAT AS OF 0300 UTC HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS FROM…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0185 1. SINCE THE MONTH OF JUNE 1996 HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED FLOODING IN THE SOUTH OF VENEZUELA. ORINOCO RIVER BROKE ITS BANKS AFFECTING THE STATE OF AMAZONAS, IN PARTICULAR THE REGION OF ALTO ORINOCO. 2. ACCORDING TO…