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Sri Lanka Dam Burst Apr 1986 UNDRO Situation Reports 1-3


UNDRO 86/0916

SRI LANKA - DAM BURST
INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
23 APRIL 1986

SITUATION

1. ON 20 APRIL 1986 AN IRRIGATION DAM BURST AT KANTALAI RESERVOIR WHICH IS LOCATED 138 MILES NORTH-EAST OF COLOMBO AND COVERS AN AREA OF 110,000 ACRES. FLOODWATER WASHED OVER DOZENS OF VILLAGES.

2. UNDRO RESIDENT CO-ORDINATOR REPORTS 14 PERSONS KILLED AND 25 MISSING. 5,216 DISPLACED PERSONS HOUSED IN SRI GOVERNMENT WELFARE CAMPS AND 1,500 PERSONS LIVING WITH FRIENDS AND RELATIVES. 250-300 HOUSES PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY DESTROYED. WATER NOW SUBSIDING.

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Bangladesh - Hail Storm/Tornado Apr 1986 UNDRO Information Reports 1-2


UNDRO 86/0874
BANGLADESH - HAIL STORM
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
18 APRIL 1986

1. UNDRO RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS 100 PEOPLE KILLED AND THOUSANDS INJURED IN SEVERE HAILSTORM WHICH HIT GOPALGANJ AND PIROJPUR DISTRICTS IN SOUTHERN BANGLADESH ON 14 APRIL.

2. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE CAUSED TO HOUSES AND CROPS.

3. GOVERNMENT ASSESSING SITUATION AND DISTRIBUTING RELIEF MATERIALS INCLUDING RICE, WHEAT, MILK POWDER, CLOTHING AND TENTS TO AFFECTED POPULATION.

4. TO DATE NO REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE TO UNDRO FOR INTERNATIONAL APPEAL.

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Haiti Sequel to Civil Unrest Apr 1986 UNDRO Situation Reports 1 - 5


UNDRO 86/0812

HAITI - SEQUEL TO CIVIL UNREST
UNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO. 1
14 APRIL 1986

1. UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS CONSEQUENCES OF RECENT INTERNAL DISTURBANCES COMPOUNDED BY CRITICAL ECONOMIC SITUATION HAVE LEFT COUNTRY IN STATE OF EXTREME NEED. GOVERNMENT OF HAITI REQUESTING UNDRO TO LAUNCH APPEAL TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR URGENT HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.

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Argentina - Floods Apr 1986 UNDRO Information Reports 1-3


UNDRO 86/0787
ARGENTINA - FLOODS
INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
11 APRIL 1986

1. NORTHERN PART OF ARGENTINA AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAINS WITH ENSUING FLOODS.

2. UNDRO RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE PREPARING REPORT AFTER ON-SITE INSPECTION.

3. LRCS LAUNCHED APPEAL FOR SFR 130,000 (US DLRS 66,000).

4. GOVERNMENT OF ARGENTINA HAS NOT REQUESTED UNDRO TO LAUNCH APPEAL TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.

5. DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM UNDRO DIRECTLY, PREFERABLY BY TELEX (28148 UNDR CH), OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND VALUE.

ESSAAFI UNDRO GENEVA 28148

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Fiji/Tonga - Cyclone Martin Apr 1986 UNDRO Information Reports 1-2


UNDRO 86/0790
FIJI/TONGA - CYCLONE MARTIN
INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
11 APRIL 1986

1. UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE AND AUSTRALIAN OVERSEAS DISASTER RESPONSE ORGANIZATION (AODRO) REPORT ON CYCLONE MARTIN PREDICTED TO HIT FIJI SATURDAY 12 APRIL.

2. CYCLONE MARTIN LOCATED THIRTEEN DEGREES AND HALF SOUTH, 173 DEGREES EAST, APPROX 350 NAUTICAL MILES NW NADI AT 1430 HRS 11 APRIL, MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT APPROX 15 KNOTS. WINDSPEED PRESENTLY 65 KNOTS GUSTS UP TO 100 KNOTS. EXPECT HIT LABASA MIDDAY 12 APRIL.

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Peru Earthquakes Apr 1986 UNDRO Information Reports 1 - 2


UNDRO 86/0775

PERU - EARTHQUAKES
INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
10 APRIL 1986

SITUATION

1. CUZCO AREA (20 KM NORTHEAST OF TOWN CUZCO) WAS HIT BY EARTHQUAKE (5.3 RICHTER SCALE) ON 5 APRIL. ON 8 APRIL AN EARTHQUAKE WAS REGISTERED 75 KM WEST PORT CHIMBOTE (4.1 RICHTER SCALE) AND ANOTHER 52 KM NORTHEAST OF TOWN PUCALLPA (5.5 RICHTER SCALE).

2. CUZCO AREA: SEVEN DEAD, 5 PERSONS MISSING, 150 FAMILIES WITHOUT SHELTER. RAINS AGGRAVATE SITUATION. NO DAMAGE REPORTED IN CONNECTION WITH EARTHQUAKES OF 8 APRIL.

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Haiti Troubles Internes Apr 1986 UNDRO Rapports des Situation 1 - 5


UNDRO 86/0815

HAITI - CONSEQUENCES DES TROUBLES INTERNES
RAPPORT DE SITUATION NO. 1
4 AVRIL 1986

1. REPRESENTANT RESIDENT UNDRO/PNUD INFORME QUE CONSEQUENCES RECENTS TROUBLES INTERNES S'AJOUTANT A UNE SITUATION ECONOMIQUE CRITIQUE ONT LAISSE PAYS DANS BESOIN EXTREME. GOUVERNEMENT HAITI DEMANDE UNDRO LANCER APPEL COMMUNAUTE INTERNATIONALE POUR ASSIS-
TANCE HUMANITAIRE URGENTE.