Reports

DHA-GENEVA 95/0103 1. DEATH TOLL INCREASING AND REPORTED AT 27. 2. MOST OF THE DAMAGE AND CASUALTIES CONCENTRATED IN AND AROUND COFFEE-PROCESSING CITY OF PEREIRA (300,000 INHABITANTS) 90 MILES (150 KM) WEST OF BOGOTA. PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING, COLLEGE, POLICE STATIONS AND…

DHA-GENEVA 95/0102 1. ACCORDING TO THE FIRST ASSESSMENT CARRIED OUT BY COLOMBIAN NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY (DIRECCION NACIONAL PARA LA PREVENCION Y ATENCION DE DESASTRES) EARTHQUAKE CAUSED 22 FATAL CASUALTIES AND INJURED 128 PERSONS. 1,200 PERSONS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE…

DHA-GENEVA 95/0104 1. DISASTER'S LATEST TOLL ACCORDING TO UN RESIDENT CO-ORDINATOR/UNDAC LATIN AMERICA: 1,000 HOUSES DAMAGED OF WHICH 250 DESTROYED. 34 DEATHS, 7 MISSING, MORE THAN 200 INJURED. 2. REGIONAL AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES CO-OPERATED EFFECTIVELY WITH…

DHA-GENEVA 95/0101 1. AN EARTHQUAKE MEASURING 6.5 ON THE RICHTER SCALE HIT CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN COLOMBIA AT 18.40 GMT (13.40 LOCAL TIME) ON 8 FEBRUARY 1995. ACCORDING TO UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PRELIMINARY EPICENTRE LOCATED AT LATITUDE 4.1 NORTH, LONGITUDE 76.6…

DHA-GENEVA 95/0028 1. ON 19 JANUARY (1005HRS LOCAL TIME, 1505HRS GMT) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 6.5 OCCURRED ABOUT 110 KM EAST-NORTHEAST OF BOGOTA (LATITUDE 4.9 NORTH, LONGITUDE 73.1 WEST). 2. NATIONAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES AND NATIONAL RED CROSS ARE CARRYING OUT…

DHA-GENEVA 94/0480 SITUATION UPDATE 1. HEAVY RAINS SINCE 4 NOVEMBER AND THE TROPICAL CYCLONE GORDON CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE IN THE CENTRAL, CHOROTEGA, BRUNCA AND CENTRAL PACIFIC REGIONS. ALTHOUGH SOME AREAS AND SECTORS HAVE NOT YET BEEN ASSESSED, A REPORT ISSUED BY…

DHA-GENEVA 94/0473 JAMAICA - TROPICAL STORM DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO.1 16 NOVEMBER 1994 1. TROPICAL STORM GORDON CAUSED RAINFALL AND MODERATE TO SEVERE FLOODING. 2. FLOODING AFFECTED PARISHES OF ST. ELIZABETH, CLARENDON, ST.CATHERINE, KINGSTON, ST. THOMAS AND PORTLAND. PARISHES MOST AFFECTED: CLARENDON AND…

DHA-GENEVA 94/0469CUBA - TROPICAL STORM DHA-GENEVA SITUATION NO.1 15 NOVEMBER 1994 1. TROPICAL STORM GORDON CAUSED HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY. 2. PRELIMINARY REPORTS INDICATE DAMAGE TO HOUSING, CROPS, ROAD AND COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS. 3. THE…

DHA-GENEVA 94/0468HAITI - TROPICAL STORMDHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 115 NOVEMBER 1994 1. TROPICAL STORM GORDON CAUSED HEAVY RAINS, FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES, IN PARTICULAR IN SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY. 2. PRELIMINARY REPORTS INDICATED ALMOST 50 DEAD, DAMAGE TO…

DHA-GENEVA 94/0462 COSTA RICA - FLOODS DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 10 NOVEMBER 1994 SITUATION 1. DHA-GENEVA TWO MEMBER FIELD MISSION IN COOPERATION WITH IDNDR REGIONAL PROGRAMME OFFICER FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN AS WELL AS PAHO/WHO, REPORTS FOLLOWING FROM SAN JOSE DE…