SITUATION: The 1997-98 El Niño phenomenon has caused extensive physical, social and economic damage throughout Peru. El Niño has produced the highest rainfall ever recorded, which fell over desert...
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Peru El Niño Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 12
Ref: OCHAGVA - 98/0210 Situation 1. Although the El Nino phenomenon may be fading, landslides and floods still occur in Peru, in particular in the northern parts of the country. Department of San...
Peru El Niño Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 11
Ref. OCHAGVA - 98/0194 Situation 1. Although sea surface temperatures are declining, heavy rains continue to cause floods and landslides in Peru. According to the latest estimates, the phenomenon of...
Peru: Working on
WEEKLY NEWS 15/98 Since a gigantic mud-slide hit the town of Los Molinos a few weeks ago, the Peruvian Red Cross has been implementing a relief operation for those people who were most affected...
World Vision Peru Distributes Help to People Affected by El Niño
A shipment of urgently needed emergency supplies valued at US$318,983.23, sent by World Vision United States, arrived in the Peruvian port of Callao on 1 April. Distribution to 220 families affected...
El Niño hurting crop production in Latin America
(FAO report outlines extent of damage) (510) By Eric Green USIA Staff Writer WASHINGTON -- Abnormal temperatures and ill-distributed precipitation caused by the El Nino weather system are causing...
Peru El Niño Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 9
Ref: OCHAGVA - 98/0186 SITUATION 1. According to reliable press information sources, the unusual weather conditions, caused by El Niño, has so far claimed 296 lives, injured 730 people, and affected...
Visits to detainees and aid for victims of El Niño
ICRC NEWS 13 To help combat a cholera epidemic in La Merced prison, the ICRC last week provided the detaining authorities with cleaning products, chlorine and rehydration salts. Over the past few...
Peru El Niño Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 8
Ref: DHAGVA - 98/0174 SITUATION 1. Since the middle of November 1997 the "El Nino" phenomenon has affected 22 of the 24 Departments of Peru. As a consequence of 283 occurrences (avalanches, floods,...
El Niño still affecting crop production in Latin America
Latin American farmers and governments continue to battle with extreme weather linked to the El Niño phenomenon, according to a Special Report issued in February by FAO's Global and Early Warning...
Peru El Niño Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 7
Ref: OCHA/GVA - 98/0167 SITUATION 1. Heavy rains, caused by the El Niño phenomenon, continue to bring floods and landslides to the country, claiming lives and destroying houses, roads, bridges and...
Peru - Floods Fact Sheet #1, Fiscal Year (FY) 1998
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Background: Over the last two months, above normal rainfall caused...
Cholera in Peru
A large increase in cholera cases has been reported in Peru since the end of 1997. In the first four weeks of 1998 a total of 2 863 cases with 16 deaths had been reported compared with only 174 cases...
Peru El Niño Floods Situation Report No.6
Ref: OCHA-GVA/98/0161 SITUATION 1. During the past days heavy rains have intensified the incidence of flooding and landslides in the northern, central and southern parts of Peru. Furthermore, several...
Peru's El Nino Death Toll Up, Many Homeless
LIMA (Reuters) - Mudslides and flooding triggered by freak El Nino rains have killed at least 137 people in Peru since mid-December and made 234,000 homeless, a private group said Wednesday.
Appeal Peru El Niño Emergency
Peru El Nino Emergency - LAPE81 Appeal Target : US$ 296,650 Geneva, 02 February 1998 Dear Colleagues, According to recent reports from UN and Red Cross representatives, heavy rains caused by the 'El...
Peru El Niño Floods Situation Report No.5
Villages of Santa Teresa and Yanatile affected by serious flooding and landslides SITUATION 1. According to UNDP - Peru, the unusual weather conditions, due to the El Nino phenomenon, continue to...
Persistent rain causes floods and landslides in Peru
Heavy rains continue to cause flooding and landslides in the northern and central parts of Peru. Floods have also hit Loreto in the Amazon region, while Puno in the southern part of the country is...
Peru El Niño Floods Situation Report No.4
DHAGVA - 98/0141
Peru's Poor Displaced By War Return To Face El Nino
By Niccolo Sarno BRUSSELS, Jan 12 (IPS) - Peru is the country that gave the name 'El Nino' to the weather phenomena that is currently wreaking havoc across the developing world. It is also, according...