UNDRO 89/2532
BRAZIL - FLOODS
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO.1
29 DECEMBER 1989
1. UNDP/UNDRO RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS FOLLOWING:
A) RAINS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, PARTICULARLY HEAVY IN NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL REGIONS.
B) ACCORDING TO FEDERAL CIVIL DEFENCE, FOLLOWING DAMAGE:
|
STATES
|
||||
|
BAHIA
|
MINAS GERAIS
|
GOIAS
|
TOCANTINS
|
|
|
CITIES AFFECTED
|
157
|
70
|
9
|
20
|
|
UNSHELTERED PEOPLE
|
125,000
|
30,000
|
3,000
|
2,000
|
|
HOUSES DAMAGED
|
-
|
6,000
|
500
|
33
|
C) NO INFORMATION ABOUT CASUALTIES, ALTHOUGH LOCAL PRESS INDICATE 50 DEATHS.
D) MANY FEDERAL AND STATES ROADS DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF LANDSLIDES.
E) SOME LARGE RIVERS, SUCH AS TOCANTINS ARE TEN METERS ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS.
2. SO FAR GOVT HAS NOT REQUESTED INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE.
3. UNDRO CONTINUES MONITORING SITUATION IN CONTACT WITH UN AGENCIES.
ESSAAFI UNDRO GENEVA 28148
DPR 310 BRA