DHA-GENEVA 93/0103
ECUADOR - RAINS/LANDSLIDES
DHA-GENEVA SITUATION REPORT NO. 1
1 APRIL 1993

SITUATION AND IMPACT

1. UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR REPORTS SEVERE LANDSLIDES FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF ECUADOR NEAR THE CITY OF CUENCA AND PAUTE RIVER.

RAINS AND MUD HAVE CREATED AN ARTIFICIAL WALL OF 30 MILLION M3 OF STONE AND MUD BLOCKING THE RIVER AND AFFECTING THE TURBINES OF A MAJOR ELECTRICITY PLANT SUPPLYING A LARGE PART OF THE COUNTRY. 30,000 - 40,000 PEOPLE ARE ESTIMATED TO BE AFFECTED AND EVACUATION HAS BEGUN.

SITUATION

1. ON 24 AND 25 MARCH 1993, AVALANCHES HIT MOUNTAIN VILLAGES IN NORTHERN PAKISTAN. IN GULTAR SITUATED 720 KM FROM GILGIT IN KARAKORAM MOUNTAINS ON BORDER WITH CHINA, EIGHT PEOPLE REPORTED KILLED AND THREE SERIOUSLY INJURED. IN THALESTAL VILLAGES NEAR CHOTA DEOSAI, SKARDU DISTRICT, 16 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 5 INJURED. HEAVY LOSS TO PROPERTY ALSO REPORTED. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS VISITED AFFECTED AREAS AND DISTRIBUTED RELIEF. UN/DHA RESIDENT COORDINATOR

DHA-GENEVA 93/0093
CUBA - TROPICAL STORM AND FLOODS
DHA-GENEVA SITUATION REPORT NO 1
17 MARCH 1993

GOVERNMENT OF CUBA REQUESTING INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE

SITUATION

1. ON 13 MARCH 1993 ONE OF THE MOST VIOLENT TROPICAL STORMS IN RECENT HISTORY WITH WINDS UP TO 160 KM/H AND WAVES OF UP TO 8 M HIT CUBA FROM PINAR DEL RIO IN THE WEST TO CIEGO DE AVILA AND CAMAGUEY IN CENTRAL CUBA. REPORTS INDICATE THAT EASTERN PROVINCES MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN FLOODED BY SEA WATER.

IMPACT