UNDRO 87/0214
BRAZIL - HEAVY RAINS
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
29 JANUARY 1987
1. METROPOLITAN REGION CITY OF SAO PAOLO
HIT BY WORST RAIN IN 38 YEARS.
2. UNDRO/UNDP RESREP REPORTS: 95 DEAD
AND 9,000 HOMELESS AND THOUSANDS ISOLATED.
3. HEAVY RAINS AND ENSUING OVERFLOWING
OF RIVERS PARALYSED LAND TRANSPORTATION AND INTERRUPTED
TRAIN CONNECTION SAO PAOLO/RIO DE JANEIRO.
4. CIVIL DEFENCE TRANSPORTING DOCTORS
AND MEDICINES BY AIR TO FLOODED DISTRICTS. SCHOOL
USED AS TEMPORARY SHELTER.
5. SO FAR NO APPEAL FOR INTERNATIONAL
ASSISTANCE.
ESSAAFI UNDRO GENEVA 28148