UNDRO 91/1301
PANAMA - FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
20 AUGUST 1991
1. UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE
REPORTS THAT INITIAL OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION RELEASED 15 AUGUST 1991 ON
FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES IN BOCAS DEL TORO PROVINCE. MENTIONS 20,000
PEOPLE AFFECTED, 2 DEAD, 10 MISSING, 61 INJURED AND 400 HOMES SUNK DUE
TO WATER AND MUD. APPROXIMATELY 1,129 PERSONS EVACUATED. DUE TO ACCESS
DIFFICULTIES, PERSONS FROM REMOTE AREAS BEING AIRLIFTED.
2. WITHIN BOCAS DEL TORO PROVINCE
MOST AFFECTED AREAS ARE CHANQUINOLA, CHIRIQUI GRANDE AND BOCAS DEL TORO.
