SITUATION AND AFFECTED AREAS

1. UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS SEVERE FLOODING IN BERMEJA, DEPARTMENT OF TARIJA, DURING LAST WEEK FEBRUARY.

2. SEVERAL DEATHS, COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORT DISRUPTED. 95 HOUSES DESTROYED, APPROXIMATELY 1,000 PERSONS STILL ISOLATED. DAMAGE TO AGRICULTURE AND AGRO-INDUSTRIAL SITES (SUGAR CANE CROPS COMPROMISED). POTABLE WATER SYSTEMS DISRUPTED IN SCHOOLS AND MAIN HOSPITAL.

NATIONAL RESPONSE

3. RELIEF OPERATIONS UNDER