Thailand
Educational buildings occasional paper 8 To cope with disaster situations caused by frequent floods and strong winds in the south of Thailand, a Task Force within the Thailand Department of General Education has analyzed the threats, developed…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
DHAGVA - 95/0565 UPDATE ON DONOR RESPONSE TO JOINT UN APPEAL OF SEPTEMBER 1995 1. ON 12 SEPTEMBER 1995, DHA, TOGETHER WITH UNDP, WFP, UNICEF, AND WHO, ISSUED REPORT ON PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF UN ASSESSMENT MISSION TO DPRK FOLLOWING FLOODS IN JULY-AUGUST…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
DHAGVA - 95/0573 UPDATE ON OVERALL SITUATION 1. DHA RELIEF COORDINATION TEAM REPORTS THAT OVERALL SITUATION IN DPRK CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE. SERIOUS PROBLEMS COULD DEVELOP UNLESS ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY AID, ESPECIALLY FOOD, IS PROVIDED SOON. 2. ACCORDING TO WFP, EXTREMELY SERIOUS LACK OF…
Bangladesh
DHA-GENEVA 95/0556 UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS: 1. WITHIN INTERVAL OF TWO WEEKS, ANOTHER CYCLONE STORM WAS FORMED IN BAY OF BENGAL AND CROSSED BANGLADESH COAST BETWEEN COX'S BAZAR AND CHITTAGONG DISTRICTS ON 25 NOVEMBER. 2. CYCLONE GRADUALLY WEAKENED AFTER HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGHOUT…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
DHA-GENEVA 95/0555 DHA RELIEF COORDINATION 1. DHA RELIEF COORDINATION TEAM IS IN DPR KOREA ON ITS THREE-MONTH MISSION, WHICH STARTED 24 OCTOBER. TEAM IS MONITORING PROGRESS OF RELIEF OPERATIONS OF DHA AND OTHERS, ASSESSING FURTHER ASSISTANCE NEEDS, AND ASSISTING GOVT IN…
Philippines
DHAGVA 95/0521 DHA/UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR AND NATIONAL DISASTER COORDINATING COUNCIL (NDCC) REPORT: IMPACT 1. CONFIRMED CASUALTIES AS OF 5:00 PM, 13 NOVEMBER 1995: 722 DEAD, 160 MISSING AND 2,369 INJURED. A TOTAL OF 331,205 FAMILIES OR 1,597,219 PERSONS AFFECTED. 24,892 FAMILIES…
Bangladesh
DHA-GENEVA 95/0519 UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS: 1.THE CYCLONIC STORM ORIGINATING FROM THE BAY OF BENGAL MADE LANDFALL THROUGH THE ORISSA COAST OF INDIA LAST EVENING. THE LATEST REPORT FROM THE BANGLADESH METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT REVEALS THAT IT IS GRADUALLY BECOMING WEAK AND…
Bangladesh
DHA-GENEVA 95/0517 UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS: 1.THE STORM WARNING CENTRE OF THE BANGLADESH METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT ISSUED SPECIAL WEATHER BULLETIN NO. 12 AT 14:30 HRS LOCAL TIME TODAY, THE CONTENTS OF WHICH IS SUMMARIZED BELOW. 2.SEVERE CYCLONIC STORM MAY CROSS WEST BENGAL-BANGLADESH (SUNDARBAN)…
Philippines
DHAGVA - 95/0511 UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE AND NATIONAL DISASTER COORDINATING COUNCIL (NDCC) REPORT: IMPACT 1. CONFIRMED CASUALTIES AS OF 5:00 AM, 6 NOVEMBER 1995: 490 DEAD, 190 MISSING AND 2,801 INJURED. A TOTAL OF 226,717 FAMILIES OR 1,152,397 PERSONS AFFECTED, WITH 120,704…
Viet Nam
DHAGVA - 95/0512VIETNAM - TYPHOON ZACKDHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO.16 NOVEMBER 1995 1. TYPHOON ZACK HIT THE CENTRAL COAST OF VIETNAM ON 1 NOVEMBER. 2. UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE IN HANOI AND MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES REPORT THAT THE STORM…
