DHA-GENEVA 93/0207
CUBA - NEUROMYELOPATHY EPIDEMIC
DHA-GENEVA SITUATION REPORT NO. 1
1 JUNE 1993

1. ON BEHALF OF WHO/PAHO, THE DEPT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS HEREBY ISSUES THE FOLLOWING APPEAL PREPARED JOINTLY BY GOVT OF CUBA AND WHO/PAHO AS WELL AS CONVENER OF UN EMERGENCY COORDINATION GROUP IN CUBA.

2. GOVT OF CUBA HAS REQUESTED INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO CONFRONT EMERGENCY CREATED BY NEUROMYELOPATHY EPIDEMIC. ON 27 MAY 1993 GOVT BRIEFED DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS IN HAVANA ON EXTENT OF PROBLEM, STEPS TAKEN SO FAR, AND IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE REQUIRED.

1. ON 24 MAY 1993, AT 23.51 HOURS GMT (20.51HRS LOCAL TIME) STRONG AND DEEP EARTHQUAKE HIT NORTHWESTERN ARGENTINA. EPICENTER LOCATED APPROX. 90 MILES (140KM) NORTHWEST OF SAN SALVADOR DE JUJUY IN THE ANDES. ACCORDING TO US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MAGNITUDE 6.6 ON RICHTER SCALE, DEPTH 162KM. EARTHQUAKE FELT IN PROVINCES OF JUJUY, SALTA, TUCUMAN AND IN NEIGHBOURING CHILE (COPIAPO AND IQUIQUE).

2. THERE ARE NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE AND CASUALTIES SO FAR.

DHA-GENEVA 414242 DRO CH

1. A POWERFUL TORNADO HIT EASTERN BANGLADESH ON 13MAY 1993 WITH A WIND SPEED OF 160KM PER HOUR. CYCLONE HAS SEVERELY AFFECTED TWO UNIONS OF BEGUMGANG AND THANA.

2. 14 PEOPLE REPORTED DEAD AND 7,500 HOMELESS. HOUSES IN BEGUMGANG AND THANA WERE TOTALLY DESTROYED AND ALSO HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBOURING UNIONS WERE PARTIALLY DAMAGED.

3. RELIEF IS BEING PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES. THE PRIME MINISTER HAS VISITED THE AFFECTED

DHA-GENEVA 93/0182
PAPUA NEW GUINEA - TROPICAL CYCLONE ADEL
DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
17 MAY 1993

1. TROPICAL CYCLONE 'ADEL' HIT PAPUA NEW GUINEA ON 14 MAY 1993 WITH HIGH WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS. CYCLONE HAS AFFECTED WOODLARK, TROBRIAND, KITAVA, FERGUSSON, GOODENOUGH AND OTHER OUTLYING ISLANDS OF MILNE BAY PROVINCE AND ALSO SOUTHEASTERN PART OF MAINLAND.

DHA-GENEVA 93/0179
ECUADOR - TORRENTIAL RAINS, TREMOR AND LANDSLIDES IN NAMBIJA AREA
DHA GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO.1
11 MAY 1993

1. ON 9 MAY 1993, AT 1:30 PM, ONE DAY AFTER A SMALL EARTH TREMOR SHOOK THE MINING TOWN OF NAMBIJA IN THE PROVINCE OF ZAMORA CHINCHIPE, IN SOUTHEASTERN ECUADOR, SOME 500 KILOMETRES FROM QUITO, THE SETTLEMENT OF "LAS BRISAS" - COMPRISING AROUND 150 SHANTY HOUSING, AN ESTIMATED 300 PEOPLE - WERE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN BURIED BY A GIGANTIC LANDSLIDE FORM "EL TIERRERO" MOUNTAIN.