DHA-GENEVA 95/0103
1. DEATH TOLL INCREASING AND REPORTED
AT 27.
2. MOST OF THE DAMAGE AND CASUALTIES CONCENTRATED IN AND AROUND COFFEE-PROCESSING CITY OF PEREIRA (300,000 INHABITANTS) 90 MILES (150 KM) WEST OF BOGOTA. PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING, COLLEGE, POLICE STATIONS AND OFFICES WERE AMONG BUILDINGS DAMAGED /DESTROYED. ELECTRICITY AND TELEPHONE NETWORK COLLAPSED. CRUSHING WALLS AND LANDSLIDES CAUSED SEVERAL VICTIMS. STATE OF EMERGENCY PROCLAIMED AND CURFEW IMPOSED OVER CITY CENTRE.
3. TREMOR WAS FELT BUT NO DAMAGE REPORTED IN BOGOTA. 20 BUILDINGS WRECKED IN TOWN OF ARMENIA, 25 MILES (40 KM) SOUTH OF PEREIRA. TWO DEATHS REPORTED IN NEARBY TOWN OF PALESTINA. AREA AFFECTED INCLUDES DEPARTMENTS OF RISARALDA, CHOCO AND VALLE DEL CAUCA.
4. NATIONAL SYSTEM OF PREVENTION AND CARE OF DISASTERS WAS MOBILIZED IMMEDIATELY. DIRECCION NACIONAL PARA LA PREVENCION Y ATENCION DE DESASTRES AIRLIFTED MEDICAL TEAM FROM CUNDINAMARCA AND CO-ORDINATED WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES MEDICAL AND SEARCH AND RESCUE ACTIVITIES. RELIEF SUPPLIES SENT TO PEREIRA SO FAR ARE 1,000 CORRUGATED IRON SHEETS, 30 PLASTIC SHEETING, 1,000 MATTRESSES, 1,000 BLANKETS, 1,000 SANITATION KITS AND 3,100 FOOD EMERGENCY RATIONS.
5. DHA HAS BEEN IN IMMEDIATE CONTACT WITH AND OBTAINED INFORMATION FROM UN RESIDENT CO-ORDINATOR BOGOTA AND UNDAC REGIONAL TEAM IN LATIN AMERICA.
6. DHA ALLOCATING EMERGENCY CASH GRANT OF USD 20,000.
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