UNDRO 89/0935
CHINA - HAILSTORM
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
28 APRIL 1989

1. ON 20 APRIL, HAILSTORM WITH WIND OF UP TO 28 METERS PER SECOND SWEPT ACROSS SEVERAL COUNTIES IN SICHUAN PROVINCE FOR OVER 5 HOURS. MOST AFFECTED ARE FUSHUN, LONGCHANG, YONGCHUAN, JINYAN AND GULIN COUNTIES INCLUDING CITIES OF CHONGQING, LESHAN, LUZHOU, NEIJIANG AND ZIGONG.

2. AT LEAST 87 DEAD, 7,500 INJURED. 2.3 MILLION PEOPLE IN TOTAL OF 10 COUNTIES AFFECTED. TELECOMMUNICATION AND ROADS CUT OFF, GAS AND WATER SUPPLY SUSPENDED IN SOME OF URBAN AREAS.

3. 100,000 HOUSES DAMAGED/COLLAPSED IN LUZOU AND ZIGONG CITIES, AND 60,000 IN GULIN.

4. 90,000 HA OF CROPS, WHEAT, VEGETABLE AND RICE SEEDLINGS DESTROYED AND SOME OF WHICH WILL BE YIELDLESS. TOTAL ECONOMIC LOSS ESTIMATED AT US DLRS 54 MILLION.

5. LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS SENT A TEAM TO COORDINATE RELIEF ACTIVITIES. WFP READY TO PROVIDE UP TO 10,000 MT WHEAT.

6. UNDRO HAS NOT SO FAR RECEIVED A REQUEST TO LAUNCH AN INTERNATIONAL APPEAL.

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UNDRO 89/1074

CHINA - HAILSTORM
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 2
19 MAY 1989

1. SOUTH-EAST PART OF SICHUAN PROVINCE, IN WEST PART OF WHICH PEOPLE SUFFERED FROM SERIES OF EARTHQUAKES, ALSO AFFECTED BY SEVERE HAILSTORMS SINCE END OF APRIL. MOST AFFECTED TOWNS ARE LUZHOU AND ZIGONG WHICH LOSSES COMPRISE MORE THAN TWO THIRDS IN TOTAL AMOUNT OF DAMAGES.

2. UPDATED DAMAGE REPORTED AS FOLLOWS:

- 157 DEAD, MORE THAN 30 MILLION PEOPLE IN 105 COUNTIES AFFECTED.

- 196,000 ROOMS COLLAPSED, 1.74 MILLION ROOMS DAMAGED.

- 1.19 MILLION HA OF CROPS STRICKEN, OF WHICH 588,000 HA SERIOUSLY. 790,000 MT OF GRAIN LOST.

- SCHOOLS AND FACTORIES ARE FORCED TO CLOSE THEIR OPERATIONS.

- TOTAL ECONOMIC LOSS ESTIMATED AT US DLRS 400 MILLION.

3. WFP APPROVED US DLRS 1.9 MILLION WORTH OF ASSISTANCE FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE SEVERELY AFFECTED BY EARTHQUAKES AND HAILSTORMS IN SICHUAN PROVINCE BY PROVIDING 9,375 MT OF WHEAT ON A FOOD-FOR-WORK BASIS.

4. UNESCO WAS REQUESTED TO HELP RECONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOLS AFFECTED BY HAILSTORMS BY LUZHOU EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE, SICHUAN.

5. UNDRO HAS NOT RECEIVED REQUEST FOR INTERANTIONAL ASSISTANCE.

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