Peru
This situation report is based on information received from UN Agencies, the UN Emergency Technical Team (UNETT) in Peru and the Peruvian Civil Defense. HIGHLIGHTS The powerful earthquake that struck Peru has claimed the lives of 610 persons, wounding 1,042…
Peru
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced it will provide an initial $100,000 as a result of U.S. Ambassador P. Michael McKinley's disaster declaration today due to the effects of an earthquake off the coast…
Peru
By Jean Luis Arce PISCO, Peru, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Peruvians frustrated over slow emergency aid looted pharmacies and scuffled in food lines on Friday as rescuers picked through rubble for survivors two days after a massive earthquake killed at…
Peru
Bruselas, 17 de agosto 2007 - Por medio de una decisión de "máxima urgencia", la Comisión Europea destinó 2 millones de euros a las personas afectadas por el terremoto que golpeó Perú este miércoles. Se beneficiarán de esta ayuda…
Peru
Office of the Resident Coordinator Situation 1. At 11:40:58 PM UTC/GMT (Greenwich time) 6:34:56 PM local time, an earthquake measuring 7.9 degrees in the Richter scale struck in the Department of Ica. The epicenter was 25 miles (61 kilometers)…
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By Tech. Sgt. Sonny Cohrs Special to American Forces Press Service SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras, Aug. 17, 2007 - A task force composed of about 30 U.S. Army and Air Force personnel departed here today to support of relief…
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LIMA - A C-130 Hercules aircraft carrying emergency food rations is leaving today from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) sub-regional emergency hub in Ecuador to the Peruvian coastal city of Pisco, for victims of Wednesday's massive earthquake. At…
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LIMA. -Una aeronave Hércules C-130 con unas 10 toneladas métricas de raciones de emergencias del centro sub-regional de emergencias del Programa Mundial de Alimentos (PMA) en Ecuador, está programada para partir hoy rumbo a la ciudad costeña de Pisco,…
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La Croix-Rouge de Belgique, avec l'aide du Gouvernement belge qui soutient l'opération à hauteur de 500.000 EUR (B-Fast), envoie ce lundi après-midi plus de 20 tonnes de matériel de première urgence (tentes, jerricans et couvertures). En fonction des besoins…
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Madrid, 17 de agosto de 2007. La Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional (AECI) fletará hoy a las 8 de la tarde desde el aeropuerto de Barajas un avión boeing 747 cargado con 100 toneladas de ayuda de emergencia destinadas…
