UNDRO 88/1959
BENIN - FLOODS
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO.1
14 SEPTEMBER 1988

SITUATION

1. OVERFLOWING OF RIVERS OEME AND NIGER HAVE CAUSED FLOODS IN PROVINCES ZOU AND BORGOU.

2. 70, 000 PEOPLE AFFECTED OF WHOM 16, 000 HOMELESS.

3. PRELIMINARY INFORMATION INDICATES LOSS 30, 000 HA CROPS AND 25, 000 MT CEREALS. CATTLE DROWNED. HOUSING AND ROADS/TRACKS DAMAGED/DESTROYED.

4. CIVIL DEFENCE PROVIDING INITIAL RELIEF ASSSISTANCE. UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE PREPARING VISIT TO AREAS AFFECTED AND INTER-AGENCY EVALUATION.

UNDRO 88/1858
CHAD - FLOODS
UNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO.1
6 SEPTEMBER 1988

SITUATION

1. SINCE AUGUST CONTINUING HEAVY RAINFALL IS RESULTING IN EMERGENCY SITUATION IN N'DJAMENA AND THROUGHOUT COUNTRY (IN PARTICULAR PROVINCES OF KANEM, OUADDAI, LOGONE OCCIDENTALE AND LOGONE ORIENTAL). 47,350 PEOPLE AFFECTED, 48 DEAD, 47 WOUNDED. APPROXIMATELY 1,000 HOUSES DESTROYED. 11,912 HECTARES OF CULTIVATED LAND DESTROYED REPRESENTING 6,147 MT OF MILLET AND 120 MT SEEDS. NUMEROUS CATTLE KILLED (3,416). MOST AFFECTED PROVINCIAL AREAS CUT OFF.

UNDRO 88/1827

BURKINA FASO - FLOODS
UNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO. 1
2 SEPTEMBER 1988

SITUATION

1. DUE TO UNUSUALLY HEAVY RAINS IN AUGUST, SEVEN PROVINCES OF BURKINA FASO HIT BY FLOODS (BAM, YATENGA, SENO, SOUM, OUDALAN, OUBRITENGA, NAMENTENGA, BAZEGA, HOUET, KENEDOUGOU, COMOE, KADIOGO). 11 PEOPLE REPORTED KILLED. OUT OF TOTAL POPULATION IN AREA (3,471,094), 10,000 PEOPLE AFFECTED OF WHICH 6,000 HOMELESS. OVER 350 HOUSES DESTROYED. HUNDREDS OF TONS OF FOODSTUFF/CROP DAMAGED. NUMEROUS CATTLE KILLED.

NATIONAL RESPONSE