Date: Wed, 23 Aug 95 11:49:09 EDT
From: Emergency Information Administrator
Subject: Morocco: Floods DHA-02
MOROCCO - FLOODS
DHA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 2
23 AUGUST 1995
1. LATEST REPORT INDICATES OVER 230 DEATHS, INCLUDING 166 IN
OURIKA REGION, 35 KM SOUTH OF MARRAKESH. 500 ARE REPORTED STILL
MISSING. FLOODS DAMAGED INFRASTRUCTURE, SUCH AS ELECTRICITY
POLES, ROADS, AT LEAST ONE BRIDGE, HOUSES, AND SHOPS. MORE THAN
200 VEHICLES AND 75 BUSES WERE TAKEN BY FLOOD WATER.
2. EMERGENCY OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED BY MILITARY,
'GENDARMES', AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES. INTERIOR MINISTER VISITED
AFFECTED REGION ON 18 AUGUST.
3. IFRC HAS ALLOCATED CHF 50,000 (USD 43,860) FROM ITS DISASTER
RELIEF EMERGENCY FUND TO ASSIST RELIEF EFFORTS OF MOROCCAN RED
CRESCENT.
4. HAVING DISCUSSED SITUATION WITH MOROCCAN GOVT, DHA/UNDP
RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE IN RABAT INFORMS THAT GOVT DOES NOT
APPEAL FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE, AS SITUATION IS UNDER
CONTROL. GOVT, HOWEVER, WISHES TO CONVEY ITS APPRECIATION FOR
DHA AND OTHER DONOR GOVTS FOR THEIR IMMEDIATE AND GENEROUS OFFER
OF ASSISTANCE.
5. THIS IS THE LAST REPORT FOR THIS EMERGENCY, UNLESS THERE ARE
UNFORSEEN DEVELOPMENTS.
+ UNITED NATIONS DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS +
TELEPHONE NO: +41 22 917-1234
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY ONLY: +41 22 917-2010
DESK OFFICER: MS. K. GOTOH, DIRECT TEL +41 22 917-1258
PRESS TO CONTACT: MRS. MOULIN-ACEVEDO,
DIRECT TEL: +41 22 917-2856
TELEX: 414242 DHA CH
FAX: +41 22 917-0023
INTERNET EMAIL: DHAGVA AT UN.ORG
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