UNDRO 88/1959
BENIN - FLOODS
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO.1
14 SEPTEMBER 1988
SITUATION
1. OVERFLOWING OF RIVERS OEME AND NIGER HAVE CAUSED FLOODS IN PROVINCES ZOU AND BORGOU.
2. 70, 000 PEOPLE AFFECTED OF WHOM 16, 000 HOMELESS.
3. PRELIMINARY INFORMATION INDICATES LOSS 30, 000 HA CROPS AND 25, 000 MT CEREALS. CATTLE DROWNED. HOUSING AND ROADS/TRACKS DAMAGED/DESTROYED.
4. CIVIL DEFENCE PROVIDING INITIAL RELIEF ASSSISTANCE. UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE PREPARING VISIT TO AREAS AFFECTED AND INTER-AGENCY EVALUATION.