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CONTACT: Kerry Hodges (410) 625-2220, ext. 3203 khodges@catholicrelief.org Baltimore, September 14, 1999 - Thirteen dioceses in Texas and one in Oklahoma have formed a unique partnership with Catholic Relief Services to assist victims of Hurricane Mitch. Through an initiative conceived…

Tuesday, 14 September 1999 - PAHO's Caribbean Program Coordination Office (Dr. Dana van Alphen) was in contact early this morning with the PAHO/WHO Representative in Bahamas, Dr. van West-Charles. He reported that as of this morning, the island of…

UPDATE #1 - Tropical Storm Floyd Alert Approximately 24hrs ago, Tropical Storm Floyd formed in the Eastern Atlantic some 1000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. At 5:00am Eastern Caribbean Time this morning September 9, 1999, the National Hurricane Centre…

Floyd a Major Category Four Hurricane Threatens the Bahamas Hurricane Floyd continues on its westward track towards the Bahamas. At 5 pm AST, the center of Hurricane Floyd was located at 24.2 degrees North and 73.7 degrees West or about…

Normal to above-normal rains have been reported for cereal and bean crops during the first season of 1999/2000. Harvesting began in August in main producing areas in the west (Santa Rosa de Copán) and centre-east (Danli). Despite favourable rains,…

Harvesting of the 1999/2000first season cereal and bean crops is underway, while land is being prepared for planting of the second season crops. Normal rains benefited developing crops. However, delayed planting coupled with reduced yields are reported in some…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 99/0141 UNDAC team ends its mission 1. The United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) Team that was deployed to La Paz on 1 September 1999, ended its mission on 9 September 1999. On 7 September 1999,…

The people of Sabanagrande in Central Honduras had a good reason to celebrate and so they did. A band played the traditional "ranchera" music and people feasted on a local delicacy called rosquilla, a hard and salted version of…

PR-152/99 DIRECT INQUIRIES TO: Press: Daniel Drosdoff (202) 623-2407 Danieldr@iadb.org Public Information: (202) 623-1397 business@iadb.org Resources to protect and improve delivery of social services during reconstruction The Inter-American Development Bank today announced the approval of a $30 million soft loan to Honduras…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 99/0137Bolivia - Forest Fires OCHA - Geneva Situation Report No. 3 7 September 1999 Two-person UNDAC team deployed 1. A two-person United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team, from Latin America, arrived on 1 September…