UNDRO 85/0737

MOZAMBIQUE - CYCLONIC STORM
UNDRO SITREP NO. 1
01 APRIL 1985

SITUATION
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1. UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT CO-ORDINATOR REPORTS THAT CYCLONIC WINDS WITH SPEED OF ABOUT 100 KM/H STRUCK SOUTHERN MAPUTO PROVINCE ON 26 MARCH. MAIN ELECTRICITY SUPPLY FROM SOUTH AFRICA TO MAPUTO CUT OFF. MAPUTO IS NOW ENTIRELY DEPENDENT ON STAND-BY THERMAL POWER STATIONS. REPAIR OF MAIN POWER LINE WILL TAKE AT LEAST THREE MONTHS.

UNDRO 85/0597

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS - FIRES -
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
15 MARCH 1985

THE UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE ECUADOR HAS REPORTED THE
FOLLOWING:

1. ON 28 FEBRUARY A GRASS FIRE STARTED ON ISABELA ISLAND, GALA-
PAGOS. THE FIRE SPREAD AND AFFECTED 800 HECTARES OF AGRICULTURAL
LAND BUT APPEARED TO BE UNDER CONTROL FOLLOWING RAIN.

2. THE FIRE, HOWEVER, CONTINUED TO SPREAD UNDERGROUND AND BY 2
MARCH AFFECTED 2,500 HECTARES WHICH FURTHER INCREASED TO 10,000

SITUATION AND AFFECTED AREAS

1. UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS SEVERE FLOODING IN BERMEJA, DEPARTMENT OF TARIJA, DURING LAST WEEK FEBRUARY.

2. SEVERAL DEATHS, COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORT DISRUPTED. 95 HOUSES DESTROYED, APPROXIMATELY 1,000 PERSONS STILL ISOLATED. DAMAGE TO AGRICULTURE AND AGRO-INDUSTRIAL SITES (SUGAR CANE CROPS COMPROMISED). POTABLE WATER SYSTEMS DISRUPTED IN SCHOOLS AND MAIN HOSPITAL.

NATIONAL RESPONSE

3. RELIEF OPERATIONS UNDER