Costa Rica
Costa Rica - Floods Information Report No.2
Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0094 1. UNDP/DHA RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA REPORTS THAT THE EMERGENCY PHASE IS OVER AND THE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE…
Costa Rica
Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0094 1. UNDP/DHA RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA REPORTS THAT THE EMERGENCY PHASE IS OVER AND THE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE…
Brazil
Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0057 THE OFFICE OF THE UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE IN BRAZIL HAS NOW SUPPLIED THE FOLLOWING DATA ON RECENT HEAVY RAINS/MUDSLIDES: 1. IN PARTICULAR THE SHANTY TOWN AREAS IN THE REGIONS OF RIO DE JANEIRO AND SAO PAULO HAVE BEEN…
Costa Rica
Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0046 1. HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED FLOODING IN THE PROVINCES OF LIMON, CARTAGO, AND HEREDIA. 2. 20,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. NETWORK OF ROADS AND BRIDGES HAS BEEN IMPAIRED. 3. NATIONAL RELIEF EFFORTS UNDERTAKEN TO CARRY OUT…
Haiti
Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0054 APPEAL FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE 1. VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE DURING THE PAST WEEK CAUSED FLOODS IN SEVERAL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, IN PARTICULAR THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE NORTH, THE NORTHWEST, THE GRANDE ANSE AND THE GONAVE ISLAND. 2.…
Montserrat
DHAGVA - 96/0034 1. BY THE END OF DECEMBER 1995, THE LEVEL OF ACTIVITY AT THE WESTERN END OF THE VOLCANO (THE SIDE THREATENING PLYMOUTH, THE CAPITAL) HAD SUBSIDED. IN ADDITION THE SCIENTISTS WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT THE…
Nicaragua
Ref: DHAGVA - 95/0564 SITUATION 1. PROLONGED VOLCANIC ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO BE MONITORED BY NICARAGUAN, SWISS AND USA 2. EVALUATION OF DAMAGE CARRIED OUT IN 15 MOST AFFECTED RURAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTING OF 994 FAMILIES (6,144 PERSONS). REGIONAL ECONOMIC LOSSES ESTIMATED AT…
Nicaragua
Ref: DHAGVA - 95/0560 1. PROLONGED VOLCANIC ACTIVITY AND EMISSION OF ASH AND LAVA CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO FARMLAND AROUND CERRO NEGRO. LOCAL UNITED NATIONS DISASTER MANAGEMENT TEAM WHICH VISITED AFFECTED AREA ASCERTAINED THAT PEOPLE EVACUATED TO TEMPORARY SHELTERS HAD FOOD…
Montserrat
Ref: DHAGVA - 95/0562 1. INCREASED VOLCANIC ACTIVITY HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CHANCES PEAK VOLCANO WITH THE LAVA DOMES IN THE SOUTH WEST CRATER CONTINUING TO GROW AND NOW REPRESENTING A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. THERE HAVE BEEN A SMALL NUMBER OF…
Nicaragua
Ref: DHAGVA - 95/0559 GOVT REQUEST INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE: APPEAL FOR BASIC RELIEF SUPPLIES AND FOOD ITEMS 1. THE VOLCANO CERRO NEGRO (SITUATED 10 KM OUTSIDE OF CITY OF LEON) ERUPTED ON 21 NOVEMBER 1995. SINCE THAT DATE STEADY INCREASE OF VOLCANIC…
Costa Rica
DHA-GENEVA 95/0557 SITUATION 1. THE UNITED NATIONS DISASTER MANAGEMENT TEAM (DMT) MET WITH UN AGENCIES (UNDP, DHA/IDNDR, ILO, PAHO, UNESCO, UNICEF, WFP), DONOR COUNTRIES AND ORGANIZATIONS AND THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY COMMISSION (CNE) ON MONDAY, 30 OCTOBER TO…