Date: Mon, 28 Aug 95 11:06:39 EDT

From: Emergency Information Administrator 

Subject: Korea: Rain/Floods  DHA-01









           REPUBLIC OF KOREA - TORRENTIAL RAINS/FLOODS

               DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1

                         28 AUGUST 1995





1. TORRENTIAL RAINS STRUCK LARGE PARTS OF SOUTH KOREA SINCE 23

AUGUST.  AVERAGE RAINFALL WAS MORE THAN 300 MM, WHILE ABOUT 620

MM W AS RECORDED IN BORYONG COUNTRY, 150 KM SOUTHWEST OF CAPITAL

SEOUL.



2. ACCORDING TO MEDIA, AT LEAST 36 PEOPLE DIED, MOSTLY BY

DROWNING OR BURIAL BY LANDSLIDE.  16 STILL MISSING.  MORE THAN

1,000 HOUS ES AND 16,400 HECTARES OF FARMLAND FLOODED.  149

BUILDINGS DESTROYED.  MORE THAN 11,000 PEOPLE EVACUATED.



3. DHA/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE IN SEOUL REPORTS THAT RAIN

HAS STOPPED BY TODAY.  HE IS IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH GOVT.



4. NO REQUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN ISSUED BY

GOVT.



5. DHA, THROUGH UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE, IS MONITORING

SITUATION.





         + DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - GENEVA +



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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



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FAX:  +41-22/917.00.23

ELECTRONIC MAIL:  INTERNET DHAGVA AT UN. ORG



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