Informes

(FAO report outlines extent of damage) (510) By Eric Green USIA Staff Writer WASHINGTON -- Abnormal temperatures and ill-distributed precipitation caused by the El Nino weather system are causing serious problems in crop production in many parts of Latin America, says a special…

Ref: OCHAGVA - 98/0186 SITUATION 1. According to reliable press information sources, the unusual weather conditions, caused by El Niño, has so far claimed 296 lives, injured 730 people, and affected approximately 325,400 inhabitants. Furthermore, 28,301 houses, 811 schools, 598 health…

ICRC NEWS 13 To help combat a cholera epidemic in La Merced prison, the ICRC last week provided the detaining authorities with cleaning products, chlorine and rehydration salts. Over the past few weeks, ICRC delegates have visited 1,380 detainees (about 60…

Ref: DHAGVA - 98/0174 APPROXIMATELY 92,000 PEOPLE AFFECTED SITUATION 1. Since the middle of November 1997 the "El Nino" phenomenon has affected 22 of the 24 Departments of Peru. As a consequence of 283 occurrences (avalanches, floods, landslides and thunder storms) during…

Latin American farmers and governments continue to battle with extreme weather linked to the El Niño phenomenon, according to a Special Report issued in February by FAO's Global and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 98/0167 SITUATION 1. Heavy rains, caused by the El Niño phenomenon, continue to bring floods and landslides to the country, claiming lives and destroying houses, roads, bridges and farmland. According to the latest estimates approximately 600 kilometres of…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Background: Over the last two months, above normal rainfall caused by the 1997-98 El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO), has precipitated a number of disasters in…

A large increase in cholera cases has been reported in Peru since the end of 1997. In the first four weeks of 1998 a total of 2 863 cases with 16 deaths had been reported compared with only…

Ref: OCHA-GVA/98/0161 SITUATION 1. During the past days heavy rains have intensified the incidence of flooding and landslides in the northern, central and southern parts of Peru. Furthermore, several roads and bridges have been seriously destroyed, leaving large cities such as…

LIMA (Reuters) - Mudslides and flooding triggered by freak El Nino rains have killed at least 137 people in Peru since mid-December and made 234,000 homeless, a private group said Wednesday. The local Center for Disaster Studies and Prevention (Predes) also…