Date: Tue, 8 Aug 95 06:26:03 EDT

From: incident@vita.org (Emergency Information Administrator)

To: event@vita.org

Subject: Bangladesh: Floods  DHA-12



                              BANGLADESH-FLOODS

                     DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO.12

                                7 AUGUST 1995





  1.    ANOTHER   MEETING  OF  UN  DISASTER  MANAGEMENT  TEAM WAS HELD ON 6

AUGUST.  IT  WAS  ATTENDED  BY  BANGLADESH  METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT, FAO,

UNICEF, WFP AND WHO.



  2.     CURRENTLY, BOTH THE GANGES AND BRAHMAPUTRA ARE FLOWING BELOW

  DANGER  LEVEL.  THE SITUATION IS UNDER CONTINUOUS MONITORING BY THE

  GOVERNMENT AND UNDP.



  3.      WHO  ADVISED  THAT PRESENT HEALTH SITUATION WITH RESPECT TO

  THE  DIARRHOEAL  AND  MALARIAL  CASES  DOES NOT DIVERGE FROM NORMAL

  TRENDS.



  4.      IFRC  RELEASED  APPROXIMATELY  USD 153,500 (CHF 175,000) TO

  SUPPORT  EFFORT  OF  BANGLADESH  RCS  TO HELP THOSE AFFECTED BY THE

  FLOODS.



  5.     THIS IS THE LAST INFORMATION REPORT ON THIS EMERGENCY UNLESS

  THERE ARE UNFORESEEN DEVELOPMENTS.







  TELEPHONE NO.  +41-22-917-1234

  IN CASE OF EMERGENCY ONLY:  TELEPHONE NO.  +41-22-917-2010

  DESK   OFFICER:    MR.   Y.   FUKASAWA,    DIRECT   TELEPHONE   NO.

  +41-22-917-3131

  PRESS    TO   CONTACT:   MS.   M.   MOULIN-ACEVEDO,   DIRECT   TEL.

  +41-22--917-2856

  TELEX:  414242 DHA CH



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