Reports

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0187 THIS MESSAGE IS NOT AN OFFICIAL HURRICANE WARNING OR ALERT FOR ANY COUNTRY. 1. THE US NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORTS THAT HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES FROM DOMINICA NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD TO PUERTO RICO. GOVERNMENT OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0186 THIS MESSAGE IS NOT AN OFFICIAL HURRICANE WARNING OR ALERT FOR ANY COUNTRY 1. THE US NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORTS THAT AS OF 0300 UTC HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS FROM…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0185 1. SINCE THE MONTH OF JUNE 1996 HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED FLOODING IN THE SOUTH OF VENEZUELA. ORINOCO RIVER BROKE ITS BANKS AFFECTING THE STATE OF AMAZONAS, IN PARTICULAR THE REGION OF ALTO ORINOCO. 2. ACCORDING TO…

Travel Advice Unit, Consular Division Foreign & Commonwealth Office 1 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HE Tel: 0171 238 4503/4504 Fax: 0171 238 4545 Violent crime, especially 'choke and rob' style mugging, remains a problem, particularly in Georgetown. Do not walk alone at night,…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0106 SITUATION. 1. OVER THE PAST WEEKS THE NUMBER OF AFTERSHOCKS HAS BEEN DECREASING PROGRESSIVELY AND MOST OF THEM ARE OF MAGNITUDE LOWER THAN 3.5 ON RICHTER SCALE. FEW WERE FELT IN THE EPICENTER. 2. THE UN RESIDENT…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0101 SITUATION 1. FIVE AFTERSHOCKS OF MAGNITUDE GREATER THAN 4 DEGREES IN RICHTER SCALE OCCURRED BETWEEN 2 AND 9 APRIL 1996. AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THESE AFTERSHOCKS, APPROXIMATELY 100 ALREADY DAMAGED HOUSES COLLAPSED. SO FAR MORE THAN 740…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0099 SITUATION 1. UNDP/DHA FIELD REPRESENTATIVE IN QUITO REPORTS THAT 70 COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED, 27 OF WHICH SEVERELY DAMAGED, 26 DAMAGED IN AS MUCH AS 50 PER CENT, AND 27 SLIGHTLY DAMAGED. POPULATION IN THE 27…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0098 1. THE GOVERNMENT OF ECUADOR, THROUGH THE PERMANENT MISSION OF ECUADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS-GENEVA, HAS NOW REQUESTED DHA TO CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR APPROXIMATELY 3,000 PEOPLE MOST SEVERELY AFFECTED BY THE EARTHQUAKE. EMERGENCY REQUIREMENTS…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0097 1. A TWO-PERSON UNDAC IN-COUNTRY TEAM CONSISTING OF UNDP DEPUTY RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE IN ECUADOR AND DHA REGIONAL TECHNICAL ADVISER/QUITO UNDERTOOK AN ASSESSMENT MISSION TO THE AFFECTED AREA ON 29 MARCH 1996.UNDAC TEAM REPORTS: SITUATION 2. FOLLOWING…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0096 ACCORDING TO DHA REGIONAL TECHNICAL ADVISER/QUITO, US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OTHER SOURCES: 1. AT 2303HRS GMT ON 28 MARCH 1996 (LOCAL TIME:1803HRS ON 28 MARCH 1996) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.7 ON RICHTER SCALE AFFECTED PROVINCE…