Argentina - Floods Apr 1986 UNDRO Information Reports 1-3

UNDRO 86/0787
ARGENTINA - FLOODS
INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
11 APRIL 1986

1. NORTHERN PART OF ARGENTINA AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAINS WITH ENSUING FLOODS.

2. UNDRO RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE PREPARING REPORT AFTER ON-SITE INSPECTION.

3. LRCS LAUNCHED APPEAL FOR SFR 130,000 (US DLRS 66,000).

4. GOVERNMENT OF ARGENTINA HAS NOT REQUESTED UNDRO TO LAUNCH APPEAL TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.

5. DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM UNDRO DIRECTLY, PREFERABLY BY TELEX (28148 UNDR CH), OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND VALUE.

ESSAAFI UNDRO GENEVA 28148

(DPR 310 ARG)

UNDRO 86/0860

ARGENTINA - FLOODS
INFORMATION REPORT NO. 2
18 APRIL 1986

SITUATION

1. AFTER FIELD MISSION, UNDRO RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS THAT DURING NINE DAYS VERY HEAVY RAINS FELL ON 60 PERCENT OF PROVINCE CHACO.

2. 2 DEAD REPORTED. 55,000 PEOPLE EVACUATED. 60,000 PEOPLE LOST THEIR HOMES.

3. AGRICULTURAL LOSSES. COTTON: 120,000 HA, 126,000 MT PRODUCE. SORGHUM: 56,134 HA AND 196,000 MT PRODUCE. CONSIDERABLE LOSS OF CATTLE.

4. 12,000 HOUSES DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO SCHOOLS AND HEALTH POSTS.

5. EMERGENCY COMMITTEES ARE OPERATING AT NATIONAL AND REGIONAL LEVEL. GOVERNMENT HAS ALLOCATED 200,000 HA TO REPLACE LAND MADE INFERTILE BY EROSION.

6. ARGENTINE RED CROSS IS PROVIDING ASSISTANCE IN 31 CENTRES LOCATED IN SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

7. NEEDS

• SHOES, BLANKETS, MATTRESSES FOR EVACUATED PERSONS
• ASSISTANCE IN EVACUATION AND RESETTLEMENT OF AFFECTED POPULATION

8. TO DATE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT REQUESTED UNDRO TO LAUNCH AN APPEAL FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

CONTRIBUTIONS (SINCE INFO REPORT NO. 1 DATED 11 APRIL 1986)

1. DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM UNDRO DIRECTLY, PREFERABLY BY TELEX (28148 UNDR CH), OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND VALUE.

ESSAAFI UNDRO GENEVA 28148

(DPR 310 ARG)

UNDRO 86/1086

ARGENTINA - FLOODS
INFORMATION REPORT NO. 3
7 MAY 1986

SITUATION

1. UNDRO RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS THAT THE OVERALL SITUATION IS IMPROVING IN ALL PROVINCES AFFECTED (CHACO, ENTRE RIOS, FORMOSA AND SANTA FE).

2. UP-DATED FIGURES ON PERSONS EVACUATED: 8,056 (CHACO), 8,080 (ENTRE RIOS), 14,250 (FORMOSA) AND 5,500 (SANTA FE).

3. IN THE EVACUATION CAMPS FOOD IS PROVIDED BY REGIONAL AUTHORITIES WITH FEDERAL BACK-UP.

CONTRIBUTIONS (SINCE INFO REPORT NO. 2 DATED 18 APRIL 1986)

1. UNLESS A NEW EMERGENCY SITUATION DEVELOPS, THIS IS THE LAST UNDRO INFREP ON THIS MATTER.

6. DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM UNDRO DIRECTLY, PREFERABLY BY TELEX (28148 UNDR CH), OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND VALUE.

ESSAAFI UNDRO GENEVA 28148

DPR 310 ARG'86(1)