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SITUATION REPORT: West Bengal Floods

SITUATION: Incessant and torrential monsoon rains, beginning in late July, have inundated large areas of Midnapore district in West Bengal, India. An estimated 16,000 houses have collapsed due to the flooding caused by the heavy rains and approximately 100,000 people are homeless.

In addition, drinking water sources, roads, embankments, infrastructure and croplands have been extensively

Appeal Target : US$ 422,200
Dear Friends,

Incessant and torrential monsoon rains, beginning in late July, have inundated large areas of Midnapore district in West Bengal, India. An estimated 16,000 houses have collapsed due to the flooding caused by the heavy rains and approximately 100,000 people are homeless. In addition, drinking water sources, roads, embankments, infrastructure and crop lands have been extensively damaged or destroyed. There are immediate and acute needs of vulnerable familes for food, temporary shelter, and assistance in rebuilding their homes.

New York, June 3, 1997 -- An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale
shook central India on the morning of May 22, resulting in at least 40 deaths and
over 400 injuries. Thousands of people were rendered homeless and evacuated to
relief camps.

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Appeal Target : US$ 93,114

Geneva, 29 May 1997

Dear Friends,

At least 40 persons have been killed

JABALPUR, India (Reuter) - Rescue teams Friday rushed food and medicine to some 4,000 people whose homes were razed in a powerful earthquake that killed dozens of people in central India and injured more than 1,000.

Authorities said 38 people were killed in the quake that struck India's heartland in Madhya Pradesh state early on Thursday and measured 6.0 on the open-ended Richter scale.

Rescue teams set up camps for the 3,000 to 4,000 homeless in Jabalpur, a city of 1.2 million people 450 miles southeast of New Delhi and about 12 miles from the epicenter. Volunteers from the

33 Denominations & Communions Working Together to Meet Human Needs

SITUATION: At least 38 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured in an earthquake Thursday that struck the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Many of the victims died as they slept, their houses collapsing on them.

The earthquake, which measured 6.0 on the Richter scale, was centered in the village of Kosamghat, some 460 miles southeast of New Delhi, the Indian capital. A mild earthquake that hit New Delhi Friday and measured 2.5 on the Richter scale apparently caused no injuries or damage.

India - Earthquake
DHA Situation Report No.1
22 May 1997
Ref: DHAGVA - 97/0263

Alert -- Powerful Earthquake Hit Central India

1. An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale struck central India at 04:22 hrs. local time on 22 May 1997 (22:52 hrs. GMT 21 May).

2. The epicenter is reported to be at latitude 23.1 degrees north and longitude 80.1 degrees east, in the Jabalpore area in the state of Madhya Pradesh.

3. Latest reports indicate 27 people dead, 200 people injured, and about 500 houses destroyed.

4. The Crisis Management Group,