UNDRO 92/0140
BRAZIL - FLOODS
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
10 FEBRUARY 1992

1. FREQUENT RAINS PERSIST IN STATES OF MINAS GERAIS AND BAHIA, CAUSING FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES. ACCORDING TO LATEST MEDIA REPORTS THROUGH UNDRO/UNDP RESREP, 229 CITIES AFFECTED (180 IN MINAS GERAIS AND 49 IN BAHIA). 41 PEOPLE DIED. AROUND 3,900 HOUSES DAMAGED/DESTROYED, LEAVING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITHOUT SHELTER. SEVERAL ROADS INTERRUPTED AND UP TO 39 BRIDGES WERE DESTROYED. HEAVY RAINS FALLING IN HISTORICAL TOWN OF OURO PRETO, WHERE CHURCHES AT RISK.

UNDRO 92/0133
ALGERIA HEAVY RAINS AND EARTHQUAKE
UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
7 FEBRUARY 1992

SITUATION

1. AFTER A LONG AND DISTURBING PERIOD OF DROUGHT, TORRENTIAL RAINS HAVE AFFECTED CENTRAL AND WESTERN ALGERIA BETWEEN 21-29 JANUARY 1992, PARTICULARLY THE DEPARTMENTS OF ALGER, TIPAZA, BLIDA AND AIN-DEFLA CAUSING HEAVY DAMAGE. SEVERE FLOODING HAS INUNDATED ROADS AND AT LEAST 50,000 HA OF LAND. MANY HOUSES ARE DESTROYED. HUNDREDS OF CATTLE ARE LOST.

2. SO FAR 18 DEATHS, 3 MISSING AND NUMEROUS HOMELESS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.