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In Brief

Appeal No. 05EA021; Operations Update no. 03; Period covered: 17 October to 23 December, 2005; Appeal coverage: 79.2%.

Appeal history:

- Launched on 7 October 2005 CHF 1,568,000 (USD 1,230,694 OR EUR 1,012,648) for 6 months to assist 10,250 families (51,250 beneficiaries).

- A revised Emergency Appeal was issued

by Manuel Rodríguez and Eva M. Calvo

With 26 tropical storms and 14 hurricanes, the 2005 hurricane season has been rated one of the most active and destructive in history.

Forecasts made at the beginning of the year by experts at the United States National Hurricane Center (NOAA) predicted the formation of at least 12 cyclone systems, five of these reaching categories 3 to 5 in Saffir-Simpson scale. By mid-2005, the forecasts were upwardly revised, predicting the formation of up to 21 hurricanes.

The day before the hurricane season's

(New York: 1 December 2005): More than 30,000 people remain displaced in temporary shelters in Honduras, in the wake of tropical storm Gamma, the 24th named storm of the official 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, and the last to cause significant damage in the Americas.
Thirty-four deaths have been attributed to Gamma, which brought heavy rain to the Caribbean coast of Honduras from 18 to 20 November. Overall, some 90,000 people have been affected by the storm, which caused significant damage in six departments of Honduras already suffering the effects of hurricanes Wilma and Beta.

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)
OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)

BACKGROUND

The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season has brought an unprecedented 13 hurricanes to date, of which five—Dennis, Emily, Stan, Wilma, and Beta—along with Tropical Storm Gamma, have devastated parts of Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Cuba, the Bahamas, Haiti, and Grenada.

Discurso | San Pedro Mixtepec, Oaxaca. Palabras del Presidente Vicente Fox Quesada durante la Reunión de Evaluación por los Daños Causados por el Huracán Stan en Oaxaca, que tuvo lugar en el salón Monte Albán del Hotel Villa Sol.

Bien. Primero muchísimas gracias gobernador, por la invitación a estar aquí en esta reunión.

Muchas gracias presidentes municipales; muchas gracias funcionarios p=FAblicos y muchas gracias por el esfuerzo realizado durante todo el tramo, desde que hubo conocimiento de estos fenómenos meteorológicos, hasta su atención una vez que impactaron.

BACKGROUND
The 2005 hurricane season brought an unprecedented 13 hurricanes to date, of which three -- Stan, Wilma, and Beta -- caused devastation in parts of Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Cuba, and the Bahamas. In July, hurricanes Dennis and Emily impacted Cuba, Haiti, and Grenada.

On July 8, Hurricane Dennis made landfall in central Cuba bringing sustained winds of up to 150 mph and triggering sea surges, floods, landslides, and heavy rains which affected Haiti as well.

On July 14, Hurricane Emily passed near

SITUACIÓN GENERAL
En los primeros días de octubre se declaró una situación de máxima alerta en El Salvador al producirse simultáneamente dos desastres naturales: la entrada en erupción del volcán Ilamatepec, popularmente conocido como volcán Santa Ana, y el paso de la tormenta tropical "Stan", cuya trayectoria iría arrasando a lo largo de los días siguientes regiones enteras de Guatemala y México, y áreas de Honduras.

Daños especialmente graves en Guatemala

Tras evaluar los daños causados por este fenómeno natural en toda la región, se ha comprobado que Guatemala ha sido

Los Pinos. El Presidente de la República, Vicente Fox Quesada, se reunió esta mañana con los integrantes del Gabinete de Reconstrucción, a fin de tener un informe pormenorizado de los avances en los trabajos de reconstrucción en las zonas dañadas por los fenómenos naturales Stan y Wilma y, paralelamente, dijo que se presenta una valiosa oportunidad para propiciar un fuerte impacto al desarrollo de las comunidades pobres y al crecimiento económico en esas zonas.

Recordó que se está frente a los estados con mayor rezago, por lo que es necesario que los esfuerzos de las distintas

Geneva and New York: 2 November 2005: "Tens of thousands of people in Central America continue to suffer the ravages of hurricane Stan," said Yvette Stevens, Assistant Emergency Relief Coordinator, today, ahead of an information meeting convened by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on assistance to the communities affected by hurricane Stan.
"The international community must do even more to meet the needs of the most vulnerable," underscored Ms. Stevens, adding, "The poorest and most vulnerable -- those with the fewest coping