2. ERIN, NOW UPGRADED TO HURRICANE, MOVING OVER BAHAMAS ISLANDS. GRAND BAHAMAS TAKING PREPARATORY MEASURES FOR PASSAGE.

3. CARIBBEAN DISASTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE AGENCY (CDERA) IN CONTACT WITH NATIONAL DISASTER COORDINATOR IN BAHAMAS. REGIONAL RESPONSE MECHANISM PLACED ON ALERT. GOVT OF JAMAICA CONSULTED IN ITS CAPACITY AS SUB-REGIONAL OPERATIONS FOCAL POINT.

TELEPHONE NO: +41-22-917.1234

2. A MEETING OF THE UNDMT TASK FORCE COMPRISING OF UNDP, WHO, UNICEF, WFP AND FAO WAS HELD ON 30 JULY TO MONITOR THE PROGNOSIS OF THE IMPENDING THIRD SPELL OF FLOODS. REPRESENTATIVES OF BANGLADESH METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT ALSO ATTENDED THE MEETING.

3. THE POSSIBILITY OF SYNCHRONIZATION OF THE BRAHMAPUTRA AND THE GANGES BASINS STILL CANNOT BE DISMISSED. THE TASK FORCE IS CLOSELY MONITORING THE SITUATION AND WILL CONDUCT THE NEXT REVIEW OF THE SITUATION ON 6 AUGUST.

4. UK GOVERNMENT

2. THE CHILEAN NATIONAL EMERGENCY OFFICE (ONEMI) REPORT THAT THE EPICENTRE WAS AT 23.34S, 70.36W - SOME 20KM INTO THE SEA BETWEEN ANTOFAGASTA AND MEJILLONES AT A DEPTH OF 33KM. THE INITIAL SHOCK LASTED FOR 90 SECONDS.

3. UP TO 10 AFTERSHOCKS HAVE BEEN RECORDED WITH A MAXIMUM MAGNITUDE OF 6.1.

4. INITIAL ESTIMATES

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IN CASE OF EMERGENCY ONLY: +41-22 917.20.10
DESK OFFICER: MR. E. HAEGGLUND, DIRECT TEL: +41-22 917.32.99
PRESS TO CONTACT: MRS. MOULIN ACEVEDO, DIRECT TEL:+41-22 917.28.56

TELEX: 414242 DHA CH

2. CARIBBEAN DISASTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE AGENCY (CDERA) IS COORDINATING RESPONSE PREPAREDNESS THROUGH NOTIFICATION TO NATIONAL DISASTER COORDINATORS IN THE REGION AND TO UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE AND UN DONOR GROUP IN BARBADOS. CDERA HAS FURTHERMORE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH REGIONAL SECURITY SYSTEM REGARDING TRANSPORTATION ARRANGEMENTS.

3. CDERA IS IN CONTACT WITH GOVTS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AND OF ST KITTS AND NEVIS REGARDING HOST

OVERVIEW

The humanitarian situation has continued to improve and security is reported to be generally satisfactory throughout most parts of Rwanda. However, a number of worrying trends underscore both the fragility of conditions and the complexity of problems still to be faced. Two of the most disturbing developments relate to increased infiltration and targeted murders by the former government in Rwanda and

2. THE MOST AFFECTED DISTRICTS ARE :

1. SINCE SITREP NO 1, THE SITUATION IN THE AFFECTED AREA IS QUITE STABLE. THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY THE DHA/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE IN GHANA ON THE 19 JULY: 45 PEOPLE RECORDED DEAD, SOME 100 MISSING, OVER 200,000 RENDERED HOMELESS. APPROXIMATELY 5,000 HOUSES COLLAPSED, ABOUT 20,000 WERE FLOODED. 75 PER CENT OF THE TELEPHONES WERE CUT OFF, THE ELECTRICAL WIRING SYSTEM WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED. APART FROM THE LOSS OF PERISHABLE AND NON-PERISHABLE GOODS AT THE COST OF AT LEAST GHC 20 BILLION (USD 12,50

DHA-GENEVA 95/0317

UKRAINE - KHARKOV
ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCY
SITUATION REPORT NO.1
20 JULY 1995

1. ON 29-30 JUNE 1995 HEAVY RAINS HIT EAST UKRAINE CAUSING FLOODING. AS A CONSEQUENCE, SEWER INSTALLATIONS OF THE CITY OF KHARKOV (APPROXIMATELY 2 MILLION INHABITANTS) WERE PARTIALLY
DESTROYED AND INCAPACITATE D.