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China - Typhoons/Floods Jul 1986 UNDRO Information Reports 1-6


UNDRO 86/1674
CHINA - TYPHOON PEGGY
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
15 JULY 1986

1. UNDRO/UNDP REPRESENTATIVE BEIJING REPORTS TWO DISASTERS HIT CHINA ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY OVER WEEKEND. TYPHOON PEGGY STRUCK SOUTH CHINA COAST AND STRONG TORNADO HIT EAST COAST.

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Philippines Typhoon Jul 1986 UNDRO Information Reports 1 - 3


UNDRO 86/1653

PHILIPPINES - TYPHOON PEGGY
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
11 JULY 1986

1. UNDRO/UNDP REPRESENTATIVE MANILA REPORTS THAT TYPHOON GADING (CODENAME PEGGY) OF MAGNITUDE 5.5 HIT REGIONS I (ILOCOS) III (CENTRAL LUZON), IV (SOUTHERN TAGALOS) AND METRO MANILA ON 9 JULY 1986. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, U.S.A., REPORTS TYPHOON REACHED SOUTHERN CHINA TODAY WITH MAGNITUDE 4.0.

2. INITIAL STATISTICS ARE 19 DEAD, 3 MISSING, 3 INJURED. DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, INFRASTRUCTURE DUE TO FLOODS, LANDSLIDES. WATER LEVEL CAGAYAN AND PINAKANAWAN RIVERS STILL RISING.

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Colombia - Floods Jul 1986 UNDRO Information Reports 1-2


UNDRO 86/1631
COLOMBIA - FLOODS
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO.1
10 JULY 1986

1. CONTINUING HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED FLOODS IN EASTERN PROVINCES OF COLOMBIA. 4 DEAD CONFIRMED WHILE PRESS INDICATED HIGHER NUMBER. A TOTAL OF 15,000 PERSONS AFFECTED.

- PROVINCE ARAUCA: CITY ARAUCA INUNDATED. SCHOOLS USED AS TEMPORARY SHELTER.

- PROVINCES CASANARE, GUAINIA, GUAVIARE, META: EVACUATION TO SAFER AREAS OF POPULATION LIVING CLOSE TO RIVERS. SEVERAL TOWNS CUT OFF BY FLOODS.