Date: Fri, 28 Jul 95 06:58:41 EDT
From: incident@vita.org (Disaster Information Administrator)
To: event@vita.org
Subject: Bangladesh: Floods DHA-10
BANGLADESH-FLOODS
DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO.10
28 JULY 1995
1. OVERALL IMPROVEMENT IN FLOOD SITUATION HAS BEEN REPORTED. DESPITE
HEAVY RAINFALLS, THE BRAHMAPUTRA IS RECEDING. THE GANGES IS ALSO RECEDING
IN MANY AREAS ALTHOUGH AT SOME POINTS THE RIVER IS STILL FLOWING SLIGHTLY
ABOVE DANGER LEVEL.
2. UNDP CONVENED A DONOR'S MEETING ON 24 JULY TO REVIEW ONGOING
NATIONAL RELIEF OPERATION AND POSSIBILITY OF FUTURE FLOODS.
ATTENDANTS WERE GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES, UN AGENCIES AT FIELD
LEVEL, MAJOR DONORS, ASSOCIATION FOR DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES (ADAB)
AND NGO DISASTER FORUM.
3. MEETING WAS INFORMED THAT GOVERNMENT IS CONTINUING RELIEF
OPERATIONS. NGOS ARE ALSO ACTIVELY INVOLVED AND INDICATED THE NEED
FOR INCREASED ASSISTANCE. GOVERNMENT ADVISED THAT IT IS ABLE TO
COPE WITH THE SITUATION WITH ITS OWN RESOURCES.
4. AS FOR WATER LEVEL, GOVERNMENT INDICATED THAT A THIRD WAVE
OF FLOODS IS ANTICIPATED DURING THE SECOND WEEK OF AUGUST DUE TO
EXPECTED HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE GANGES BASIN, EXPECTED ANOTHER WATER
LEVEL PEAK IN THE BRAHMAPUTRA BASIN AND SPRING TIDE ON 10 AUGUST.
THIS IS VERY LIKELY TO RESULT IN SYNCHRONIZATION OF THE TWO RIVERS.
5. UNDP HAS FORMED A TASK FORCE COMPRISED OF WHO, UNICEF AND
ADAB. TASK FORCE WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH GOVERNMENT TO DETERMINE
LIKELY AREAS AND POPULATION TO BE AFFECTED BY THIRD WAVE OF FLOODS.
6. AS YET, NO REQUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE
GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED. DHA/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE
CONTINUES TO MONITOR SITUATION.
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