Reports

Distribution of the Ecuadorian Red Cross relief supplies that arrived on a Hercules plane together with 12 first aid workers, continues in the coastal province of Manabi. The region, situated 335 km west from the Ecuadorian capital, was hit…

Ref: OCHAGVA - 98/0263 ECUADOR - EARTHQUAKE OCHA - GENEVA SITUATION REPORT No.2 6 AUGUST 1998 GOVERNMENT APPEALS FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE SITUATION 1. According to Ecuador's Geophysical Institute, 150 aftershocks have been registered since the strong earthquake of 4 August 1998. 2. Following a request…

OCHAGVA - 98/0261 ECUADOR - EARTHQUAKE OCHA - GENEVA SITUATION REPORT No.1 5 AUGUST 1998 STRONG EARTHQUAKE HITS THE NE PACIFIC COAST OF ECUADOR Situation 1. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), an earthquake with the magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter…

The southern areas of Honduras continue to suffer from the worst drought conditions of the past decade. The present drought conditions are more critical and severe due to the ‘El Nino’ phenomenon of 1997-98, and areas…

Only 56% of seasonal rainfall has fallen on Cuba with the eastern portion of the country being hardest hit in the provinces of Las Tunas, Holguin, Granma, Santiago de Cuba, and Guantanamo (with rainfall getting progressively better to the…

WEEKLY NEWS 27/98 The Guyana Red Cross was in a race against time the weekend of 18-19 July to ensure that 1,500 Amerindian families in a drought-stricken region had tools and seeds in time for the upcoming planting season. Twenty…

U.S. Agency for International Development Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) BOLIVIA EARTHQUAKE: Consistent with OFDA's response to the May 23, 1998 disaster declaration for a severe earthquake in Bolivia, USAID/La Paz has received additional requests from…

SITUATION: Strong storms, unusually heavy rains and torrential flooding have affected northern regions of Argentina, particularly the provinces of Entre Rios, Santa Fe, Corrientes, Misones, Chaco and Formosa. This El Nino-generated disaster has caused some of the worst flooding in…

I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION An EMOP for US$ 9.4 million in emergency food aid for poor farmers and their families in five countries in Central America, where the El Niño meteorological phenomenon has caused severe drought and floods,…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) MEXICO and CENTRAL AMERICA - FIRES Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 - Situation Report # 20 CLOSE OUT OF DIRECT U.S. GOVERNMENT FIRE SUPPRESSION SUPPORT ACTIVITIES: In…