UNDRO 89/1606

FLOODS - INDIA
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
3 AUGUST 1989

1. TORRENTIAL MONSOON RAINSTORM WITH WIND UP TO 75 KM/H AND FLOODS FROM 23 TO 31 JULY AFFECTED SOME COASTAL AREAS. DAMAGE TO CROPS, CATTLE HEADS AND IMMOVABLE PROPERTY ESTIMATED AT SEVERAL MILLION RUPEES (1 MILLION RUPEES IS APPROXIMATELY US DLRS 60,000).

2. DEATH TOLL RISES OVER 800 IN MAHARASHTRA, 144 IN ANDHRA PRADESH, 24 IN GUJARAT AND 73 IN OTHER DISTRICTS. ABOUT 550 PEOPLE STILL MISSING IN MAHARASHTRA. GOVERNMENT, CIVIL AUTHORITIES,