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Algeria

Algeria - Floods Jan 1985 UNDRO Information Report No.1

UNDRO 85/0052
ALGERIA - FLOODS
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO.1
9 JANUARY 1985

1. HEAVY SNOW AND RAIN STORMS HAVE CAUSED SCATTERED BUT SERIOUS FLOODING IN NORTHEASTERN ALGERIA. PRESS REPORTS INDICATE UP TO TWENTY-SIX DEATHS AND OVER THREE THOUSAND FAMILIES HOMELESS. NATIONAL AND LOCAL CIVIL PROTECTION SERVICE AND ARMY UNITS RESPONDING TO RELIEF NEEDS.

2. UNDRO HAS NOT RECEIVED REQUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

ESSAAFI UNDRO GENEVA 28148