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Update of emergency appeal : Hurricane Georges

CHURCH WORLD SERVICE
EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICE
34 Denominations & Communions Working Together to Meet Human Needs
(Addressing needs in Puerto Rico, Haiti, Cuba and the Dominican Republic)
EMERGENCY ACCOUNT #976234 for $150,000

SITUATION: With damage in the billions of dollars and its effects still being felt over a wide area of the Caribbean, Hurricane Georges will affect the lives of millions for years to come. A sustained and long-term response faces faith communities in Puerto Rico, Haiti, Cuba and the Dominican Republic.

"This is the worst disaster I've

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Cuba + 3 others
Expanded emergency appeal : Hurricane Georges

CHURCH WORLD SERVICE
EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICE
34 Denominations & Communions Working Together to Meet Human Needs
EXPANDED EMERGENCY APPEAL: HURRICANE GEORGES
(Addressing needs in Puerto Rico, Haiti, Cuba and the Dominican Republic)
EMERGENCY ACCOUNT #976234 for $150,000

Signed by the Rev. Dr. Rodney Page, CWS Executive Director

SITUATION: Continuing assessments in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Georges now show the toll at 45,000 homes destroyed and another 45,000 with severe damage, and considerable

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Emergency appeal : Hurricane Georges

EMERGENCY ACCOUNT #976234 for $50,000
Signed by the Rev. Dr. Rodney Page, CWS Executive Director
Sept. 25, 1998

SITUATION: The death toll from Hurricane Georges has now topped 300, nearly a third of the victims from the Dominican Republic and nearly that number in Haiti. Hundreds remain missing.

With the damage from the most ferocious hurricane to hit the Caribbean in years now easily topping $2 billion and likely to go higher, focus has now shifted to Florida, where the storm -- packing 105-mph winds and severe rain -- hit the Florida Keys today,