Rapports

Situation Human toll Even though exact figures are still to be known, official estimates put the level of human lives lost at more than 5 000 and 11 000 remain unaccounted for. The number of displaced persons is considered to be…

More than 2,000 survival packs were distributed this week by World Vision staff in the Choluteca and Valle regions of Honduras, areas accessible only by airplane. An additional 10,000 packs are being assembled by individual and church volunteers for distribution…

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary November 5, 1998 FACT SHEET U.S. GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO HURRICANE MITCH Hurricane Mitch has taken a catastrophic toll on the Central American countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, causing a massive humanitarian…

O.A.S. CALLS INTER-AMERICAN AGENCIES TOGETHER TO COORDINATE EMERGENCY AID FOR CENTRAL AMERICA The Organization of American States (OAS) today called on inter-American agencies to join effort to establish the mechanisms needed to coordinate emergency aid for Central American countries hit by Hurricane…

Baltimore, November 6, 1998 - Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has begun to deliver essential items such as food and medicine to the victims of Hurricane Mitch. In the aftermath of the hurricane, Catholic Relief Services representatives have described incomprehensible destruction…

Contact: Karen Randau (602) 609-7726, ext. 126; karenr@fh.org Scottsdale, AZ (November 6, 1998) - It's easy for individuals to look at the massive death and devastation of Hurricane Mitch and believe there is nothing they can do to make a…

CARE Helps 350,000 in Honduras CARE estimates 2.5 million people in Honduras are affected by extreme rains, flooding and mud slides in the wake of Hurricane Mitch. CARE is concentrating its relief programs in the Atlantida and Colon regions,…

WASHINGTON, November 5, 1998 -- The World Bank today announced a series of immediate actions to support emergency disaster relief efforts in Honduras. To assess the damage, the local World Bank office in Honduras has mobilized a special team of…

1. The Hurricane Mitch Category V hurricane Mitch struck the 27 October 1998 the Atlantic Coast of Honduras (HON), Nicaragua (NIC) and Belize (BLZ). Pursued its way as a tropical storm inside the sub-continent pouring with heavy…

Situation: Hurricane Mitch's week-long path of destruction through Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala has left thousands dead and disappeared, hundreds of thousands homeless, and devastation to homes, infrastructure and production that will leave these countries struggling to recover for years.…