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26 Mar 1992

Ecuador
Ecuador - Floods Mar 1992 UN DHA Situation Reports 1-6

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— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs


UNDRO 92/0263
ECUADOR - FLOODS EQUATORIAL COAST
DHA/UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
26 MARCH 1992

SITUATION AND PRELIMINARY NEEDS

1. ON 24 MARCH 1992 HEAVY FLOODS OCCURRED AT THE EQUATORIAL COAST FOLLOWING TORRENTIAL RAINS.

2. ACCORDING TO CIVIL DEFENCE THE FLOODS HAVE AFFECTED 10,200 HA. 10,000 HA HAVE BEEN DECLARED ALERT ZONE YELLOW (TEMPORARY EVACUATION) AND 200 HA ALERT ZONE ORANGE (EVACUATION FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD).

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14 Mar 1992

Turkey
Turkey Earthquake Mar 1992 UNDRO Information Reports 1-9

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— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs


UNDRO 92/0227

TURKEY - EARTHQUAKE
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
14 MARCH 1992

1. EARTHQUAKE MEASURING 6.8 ON RICHTER SCALE HIT TURKEY ABOUT 40 KMS EAST OF CITY OF ERZINCAN (560 KMS EAST OF ANKARA) ON 13 MARCH AT 20.19 HRS LOCAL TIME (1719 HRS GMT) PRELIMINARY POSITION OF EPICENTER IS LATITUDE 40.2 DEGREES NORTH, LONGITUDE 39.5 DEGREES EAST.

2. EARLY REPORTS INDICATE SERIOUS DAMAGE TO CITY OF ERZINCAN (POPULATION APPROX 150,000) WITH COLLAPSE OF BUILDINGS DAMAGE TO HOSPITAL, POLICE HEADQUARTERS, SCHOOLS, ETC. COMMUNICATION

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12 Mar 1992

Bolivia
Bolivia - Floods Mar 1992 UN DHA Situation Reports 1-2

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— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs


UNDRO 92/0225
BOLIVIA - FLOODS
INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
12 MARCH 1992

1. REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF SEVERE FLOODING IN NORTHERN BOLIVIA, COVERING A WIDE AREA. A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF BENI, WHERE RIVERS OVERFLOWED, FLOODING AN ESTIMATED 100,000 SQUARE KILOMETERS OF PASTURE, KILLING LIVESTOCK AND LEAVING THOUSANDS HOMELESS. THE RISK OF THE SPREAD OF WATER-BORNE DISEASES, SUCH AS CHOLERA, IS HIGH.

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10 Mar 1992

Vanuatu
Vanuatu Cyclone Fran Mar 1992 UNDRO Information Report No. 1

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— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs
UNDRO 92/0219
VANUATU
TROPICAL CYCLONE 'FRAN'
INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
10 MARCH 1992

1. TROPICAL CYCLONE 'FRAN' HIT VANUATU ON 9 MARCH 1992 WITH AVERAGE WINDS ESTIMATED AT 90 KNOTS AND GUSTING TO 120 KNOTS. EARLY REPORTS INDICATE WORST DAMAGE TO EFATE ISLAND AND PORT VILA WHERE BUILDINGS DAMAGED BY STRONG WINDS AND WATER.

2. EVACUATION CENTRES WERE OPENED AND COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT SECURED BEFORE CYCLONE HIT. ALL SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED AND NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT OFFICE BROADCASTED HOURLY

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07 Mar 1992

Costa Rica
Costa Rica - Earthquake Mar 1992 UNDRO Information Report No. 1

Report
— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs
UNDRO 92/0211
COSTA RICA - EARTHQUAKE
INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
7 MARCH 1992

1. EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED ON 6 MARCH 92 AT 19.53HRS LOCAL TIME (GMT: 7 MARCH 92 AT 01.53HRS) IN COSTA RICA, 50 KM NORTHWEST OF CAPITAL SAN JOSE. MAGNITUDE COMPUTED AT 6.0 ON RICHTER SCALE (US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY).

2. SO FAR, NO CASUALITIES AND NO DAMAGE REPORTED.

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