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10 Dec 1992

Bolivia
Bolivia - Mudslide Dec 1992 UN DHA Information Reports 1-4

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DHA-UNDRO 92/0805
BOLIVIA - MUDSLIDE
DHA-UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
10 DECEMBER 1992

1. AT 04.30 A.M. (LOCAL TIME) ON 8 DECEMBER 1992, AFTER TORRENTIAL RAINS, MUDSLIDE BURIED MINING CAMP LLIPI OF OVER 1,000 PEOPLE LOCATED IN LARECAJA PROVINCE, 285 KM NORTH OF LA PAZ (A 14 HOUR CAR RIDE FROM LA PAZ IN NORMAL CONDITIONS). DHA-UNDRO/UNDP REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS THAT RESCUE OPERATIONS STARTED ON SAME DAY BUT MADE DIFFICULT BY POOR ACCESS ROADS DAMAGED BY RAINS. MAIN IMMEDIATE PROBLEM WAS EVACUATION OF INJURED TO NEAREST MEDICAL CENTRE THREE HOURS AWAY BY ROAD.

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12 Mar 1992

Bolivia
Bolivia - Floods Mar 1992 UN DHA Situation Reports 1-2

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— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs


UNDRO 92/0225
BOLIVIA - FLOODS
INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
12 MARCH 1992

1. REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF SEVERE FLOODING IN NORTHERN BOLIVIA, COVERING A WIDE AREA. A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF BENI, WHERE RIVERS OVERFLOWED, FLOODING AN ESTIMATED 100,000 SQUARE KILOMETERS OF PASTURE, KILLING LIVESTOCK AND LEAVING THOUSANDS HOMELESS. THE RISK OF THE SPREAD OF WATER-BORNE DISEASES, SUCH AS CHOLERA, IS HIGH.

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