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Brazil - Heavy Rains Jan 1987 UNDRO Information Report No. 1

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