Date: Wed, 9 Aug 95 11:41:17 EDT
From: incident@vita.org (Emergency Information Administrator)
To: event@vita.org
Subject: Guatemala: Floods/Landslides DHA-01
GUATEMALA -- FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES
DHA GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
9 AUGUST 1995
1. HEAVY RAINS CAUSED FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES ALL OVER GUATEMALA,
AFFECTING AN ESTIMATED 7,100 PEOPLE, ACCORDING TO INITIAL GOVERNMENTAL
REPORT. MANY RIVERS, INCLUDING EL NARANJO, CHIBUJ, MARIA LINDA, COYOLATE,
MILAGRO, PEPOPTUM, AND SANTIAGO RIVERS, ARE SWELLING.
2. IN DEPARTMENT OF SAN MARCOS IN SOUTHWESTERN GUATEMALA,
3,000 PEOPLE ARE REPORTED AFFECTED IN MUNICIPALITIES OF NUEVO
PROGRESO, MALACATAN, EL QUETZAL, AND LA REFORMA. TWO PEOPLE DEAD
AND SEVEN MISSING. IN DEPARTMENTS OF ESCUINTLA AND RETALHULEU
ALONG PACIFIC COAST, ABOUT 4,000 PEOPLE ARE REPORTED AFFECTED IN
MUNICIPALITIES OF LA GOMERA AND IZTAPA. DAMAGE, INCLUDING ONE
DEAD, IS ALSO REPORTED IN GUATEMALA CITY AND DEPARTMENTS OF
CHIQUIMULA AND EL PROGRESO IN EASTERN GUATEMALA.
3. FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES DAMAGED SEVERAL ROADS AND BRIDGES.
280 PEOPLE ARE IN NEED OF SHELTER.
4. COMITE NACIONAL DE EMERGENCIA (CONE) AND LOCAL RESCUE TEAMS
HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED TO MOST AFFECTED AREAS. CONE REPORTS THAT
NATIONAL AUTHORITIES ARE CONSIDERING DECLARING NATIONAL STATE OF
EMERGENCY, IN WHICH CASE FORMAL REQUESTS OR APPEALS COULD
EVENTUALLY BE LAUNCHED.
5. ASSISTANCE NEEDS INCLUDE PRIMARY HEALTH-CARE MEDICINES,
BASIC FOODS, CLOTHING, HOUSEHOLD TOOLS, SHELTERING EQUIPMENT,
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, AND DEPLOYMENT OF HEAVY MACHINERY TO
REHABILITATE DAMAGED ROADS.
6. GOVT INSTITUTION IN CHARGE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS COMITE
NACIONAL DE EMERGENCIA (TEL 502-2-321189 OR 326003, FAX
502-2-326716).
7. DHA, THROUGH UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE, IS MONITORING
SITUATION.
TELEPHONE NO. +41-22/917.12.34
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY ONLY: TEL NO. +41-22/917.20.10
DESK OFFICER: MS. K. GOTOH, DIRECT TEL. +41-22/917.12.58
PRESS TO CONTACT: MS. M. MOULIN-ACEVEDO, DIRECT TEL.
+41-22/917.28.56
TELEX: 414242 DHA CH
FAX: +41-22/917.00.23
ELECTRONIC MAIL: INTERNET DHAGVA AT UN. ORG
DPR 310 GUA
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