This report has been prepared by the Office of the Governor of Jonglei State, in collaboration with the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) and the UNDP-UN Disaster Management Team on 30 October 1999.

Present Situation

1. Two weeks uninterrupted rainfall from 9-19 October caused severe flash floods in Pibor town and surrounding areas in East - Jonglei State, Southern Sudan. This isolated area, bordering on Ethiopia, is inhabited by the Murle tribe, which has an estimated 100,000 members.

1. Flood damage potential: HIGH in the Centre, and the Mekong River Delta
2. Situation Analysis of Floods on rivers in the Centre and the Mekong River Delta:

(According to Bulletin No.142 DB/TV, issued by the Hydro-meteorological Service of Vietnam in Hanoi at 10:00 AM on 01 November 1999).

On rivers in the Centre:

Flood water levels on rivers in the provinces

The Government of Sudan denied flight access to Duar, Akop, Ganyiel and Allier (Leer) from 23 October until the end of the month; WFP is concerned about the impact on humanitarian activities in these areas.

The first phase of the 1999/2000 annual needs assessment (ANA) has been completed for Northern Bahr El Ghazal, Western Upper Nile and Equatoria.

2. DISTRIBUTION

The UN Disaster Management Team (UNDMT), Khartoum, provided the following information on a newly developed flood situation in South Kordofan:

1. Kadugli, capital of Southern Kordofan was severely hit by heavy rains during the second week of October. A joint survey conducted on 25 October by the Government (Humanitarian Assistance Committee), UNICEF, UN Humanitarian Coordination Unit and international and national NGOs, Save the Children USA, CARE and Sudanese Red Crescent,

SIERRA LEONE: More than 625,000 children immunised against polio

A total of 627,978 children were immunised against polio in Sierra Leone's 13 districts on 9-10 October, during the first round of National Immunisation Days for Polio Eradication, the World Health Organisation (WHO) office in Freetown reported.

About 93.1 percent of targeted children

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The southeast of Mexico is drenched by devastating rains, but the north has not seen a drop in months; temperatures plummet near Mexico City, while the northwest is baking hot.

Freak weather conditions in Mexico are not symptoms of global warming but probably the result of the tail end of La Niña, the periodic cooling of sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, according to a meteorologist.

''The La Niña situation that we were in last year and are in again this year probably produces a little more

400 millones de pesos al programa de rehabilitación y reconstrucción de viviendas en Oaxaca.

El Jefe de la Nación sobrevoló la carretera Puerto Escondido-San Miguel Sola de Vega para verificar avances de reconstrucción.

Para verificar el avance de los programas emergentes de vivienda y de reconstrucción de carreteras, puentes y caminos rurales, el presidente Ernesto Zedillo recorrió los municipios de San Pedro Tututepec, Puerto Escondido y Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca.

A total of 400 million pesos will be allocated for housing rehabilitation and reconstruction programs in Oaxaca.

President Zedillo flew over the Puerto Escondido-San Miguel Sola de Vega highway to verify reconstruction progress.

President Ernesto Zedillo visited the municipalities of San Pedro Tututepec, Puerto Escondido and Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, in order to verify the progress of emergency housing programs and the reconstruction of highways, bridges and rural roads.