Reports

UNDP has allocated funds to help the government determine the extent of damage caused by the earthquake which hit the southern part of the country earlier this month. Alberto Giesecka, programme officer for natural disaster-related projects at UNDP Peru,…

period covered: 16-27 November 1996 The numbers affected by the earthquake of 12 November have now reached over 66,000, compared to initial estimates of 39,000. Damage is also much greater. The Red Cross relief operation is distributing supplies and expanding…

DHAGVA - 96/0478 Effects on population/Needs 1. The UNDP/DHA Resident Representative and WHO report that the authorities now consider that more than 62,000 people have been affected. The death toll stands at 14 and the number of injured is 560 people.…

DHAGVA - 96/0478 APPEAL FOR TENTS AND BLANKETS 1. The Vice-President of Peru has appealed, through the UNDP/DHA Resident Representative in Lima, for 2,000 family tents and 4,000 blankets in order to assist the population rendered homeless in the provinces affected…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0491 1. The Government of Peru issued, on 13 November 1996, a declaration of emergency for 60 days in the Provinces of Ica, Palpa, Nazca, Caraveli, Lucanas and Huancavelica. 2. Priority emergency needs in the affected areas are…

DHAGVA - 96/6487 Effects on population 1. The UNDP/DHA Resident Representative in Lima reports that, according to initial estimates, 9,000 families have been affected, 15 people have been reported dead and 320 injured. Damage on housing/ infrastructure 2. It is…

NAZCA, Peru (Reuter) - Tens of thousands of people slept in the streets on Wednesday after their houses were destroyed by an earthquake that hit southern Peru on Tuesday, killing seven people and injuring at least 500. The hardest hit…

DHAGVA - 96/0484 1. The U.S. Geological Survey reports that an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 on the Richter scale occurred on 12 November 1996 near the cost of Peru about 65 miles (100 km) south-southeast of Lima at…

DATE=11/13/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-206104 TITLE=PERUVIAN EARTHQUAKE (L-UPDATE) BYLINE=SHARON STEVENSON DATELINE=LIMA, PERU CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: AN EARTHQUAKE THAT STRUCK PERU TUESDAY HAS LEFT 11 PEOPLE DEAD AND ABOUT 300 OTHERS INJURED IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY. SHARON STEVENSON REPORTS SOME 40 TO 60…