UNDRO 91/1154
BENIN - FLOODS
UNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO. 1
20 JULY 1991

1) UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS THAT IN LAST DAYS THE BENIN DEPARTMENTS OF ZOU AND DE L'ATLANTIQUE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY FLOODS CAUSED BY HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH STORM SURGE.

2) IN THE DEPARTMENT ZOU UNDER-PREFECTURES OF ZANGNANADO, QUINHI, ZOGOHODOME 556 HAS OF FARMLAND WERE DESTROYED WHILE IN DEPT DE L'ATLANTIQUE WHERE DAMAGE MAINLY CONCERNS CITY OF COTONOU (700,000 INHABITANTS) WHERE OUR OF 144 NEIGHBOURHOODS 96 WERE COMPLETELY FLOODED AND 33 PARTIALLY.