Colombia - Floods Nov 1984 UNDRO Situation Reports 1-5

UNDRO 84/2437
COLOMBIA - FLOODS
UNDRO SITREP NO.1
14 NOVEMBER 1984

SITUATION

1. EXCESSIVE RAINS DURING OCTOBER CAUSED SERIOUS FLOODING OF CAUCA AND MAGDALENA RIVERS AND AFFLUENTS, AFFECTING 145,000 PEOPLE, AND COVERING ALMOST ONE THIRD OF THE COUNTRY.

2. GOVERNMENT HAS DECLARED NATIONAL EMERGENCY AND APPEALED FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

3. UNDRO/UNDP PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS AS OF 13 NOV 84: 152 DEAD, 192,000 PERSONS AFFECTED, INITIAL ESTIMATE OF DAMAGE AT 250 MILLION DOLLARS OF WHICH 150 MILLION TO CROPS, 50 TO INFRA-STRUCTURE AND 50 TO HOUSING.

4. UNDRO RELIEF OFFICER ARRIVING BOGOTA 15 NOV 84 TO ASSIST UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE IN ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGE AND LOCAL CO-ORDINATION RELIEF ASSISTANCE.

RELIEF NEEDS

5. IMMEDIATE RELIEF NEEDS ARE IDENTIFIED AS FOOD, MEDICINES AND TEMPORARY SHELTERS FOR HOMELESS. MINISTRY OF HEALTH HAS REQUESTED THE FOLLOWING MEDICINES:

- 80,000 AMPOULES OF PROCAINIC PENICILLIN 800,000 UNITS
- 1,000 BOTTLES OF 100 TABLETS EACH TRIMETROPRIN SULFA (BACTRIN)
- 1,000 BOTTLES SYRUP OF TRIMETROPRIN SULFA (BACTRIN)
- 20,000 AMPOULES AND 80,000 TABLETS OF ACITOMINOFEN
- 100 AMPOULES OF ANTIOPHIDIC SERUM

CONTRIBUTIONS

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

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UNDRO 84/2483

COLOMBIA - FLOODS
UNDRO SITREP NO.2
20 NOVEMBER 1984

SITUATION

1. UNDRO DELEGATE IN COLOMBIA REPORTS THAT FLOODS AFFECTED 14 DEPARTMENTS OF COUNTRY. CRITICAL SITUATION HAS DEVELOPED DUE UNUSUALLY LONG WINTER AND COMPOUNDED BY INCESSANT RAINS CAUSING LANDSLIDES VARIOUS PARTS OF COUNTRY. SIMULTANEOUS OVERFLOWING OF MAGDALENA AND CAUCA RIVERS AND AFFLUENTS HAS CAUSED WORST FLOODING SINCE 1972 (CAUCA FLOODS).

2. UNDRO DELEGATE VISITING AFFECTED AREAS FOR ON-SITE ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGE. UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT CO-ORDINATOR HOLDING MEETING ON 21 NOVEMBER 1984 WITH ACCREDITED AMBASSADORS TO BRIEF ON MAGNITUDE OF DISASTER AND UN RELIEF ASSISTANCE.

AFFECTED AREAS AND POPULATION

3. GOVERNMENT, UNDRO AND LOCAL RED CROSS ESTIMATE 194,000 PERSONS (38,000 FAMILIES) DIRECTLY AFFECTED IN DEPARTMENTS OF CAUCA, VALLE, CALDAS, RISARALDA, ANTIOQUIA, CORDOBA, SUCRE, BOLIVAR, CUNDINAMARCA, MAGDALENA, CESAR, SANTANDER, CHOCO AND QUINDIO.

4. WORST-AFFECTED DEPARTMENTS ARE: VALLE (50,000), ANTIOQUIA (55,000), CORDOBA AND SUCRE (15,000 EACH) AND CHOCO (12,500).

5. PRELIMINARY GOVERNMENT ESTIMATE 200,000 HECTARES AGRICULTURAL LAND FLOODED WITH LOSSES SORGHUM, SOYA, COTTON AND COFFEE PLANTATIONS.

RELIEF NEEDS

6. NEEDS COMMUNICATED IN UNDRO SITREP NO. 1, PARA 5, CURRENTLY BEING REVISED.

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE

7. NATIONAL EMERGENCY COMMITTEE INTEGRATING GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, COLOMBIAN RED CROS AND CIVIL DEFENSE UNDER CHAIRMANCHIP VICE MINISTER OF INTERIOR VISITING AFFECTED AREAS. SECRETARY OF POPULAR INTEGRATION (DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE TO PRESIDENCY OF REPUBLIC) FUNCTIONING AS FOCAL POINT FOR THIS EMERGENCY.

8. RELIEF OPERATIONS BEING CONDUCTED JOINTLY BY COLOMBIAN RED CROSS (BASIN OF RIVER CAUCA) AND CIVIL DEFENSE (BASIN OF RIVER MAGDALENA).

9. POPULATION IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE (38,000 FAMILIES) BEING PROVIDED BY CIVIL DEFENSE/RED CROSS WITH FAMILY FOOD RATIONS FOR 10 DAYS CONSISTING OF RICE, WHEAT, FLOUR, OIL, BEANS (OR LENTILS) AND DSM.

10. COLOMBIAN RED CROSS HAS SO FAR PROVIDED RELIEF GOODS WORTH OVER US DLRS 325,000.

11. CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS HAS LAUNCHED AN APPEAL FOR US DLRS 250,000.

CONTRIBUTIONS (REPORTED TO UNDRO SINCE 14 NOVEMBER 1984)

12. UNDP: CASH, VALUE US DLRS 30,000.

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

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UNDRO 84/2514

COLOMBIA - FLOODS
UNDRO SITREP NO.3
23 NOVEMBER 1984

SITUATION

1. AFTER FIELD TRIP TO CRITICAL AREAS MAGDALENA, CORDOBA AND BOLIVAR ON 20 NOVEMBER, UNDRO DELEGATE CONFIRMS SERIOUSNESS SITUATION. IN EL BANCO (DEPT. MAGDALENA) ALONE, 15,000 PERSONS OUT OF TOTAL 70,000 ARE AFFECTED. EXTENSIVE FLOODING THROUGHOUT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAS BEEN REPORTED.

2. LATEST REPORTS PUT DEATH TOLL AT SLIGHTLY OVER 50 (LOWER THAN ORIGINALLY ASSESSED - UNDRO SITREP NO. 1, PARA 3).

3. AT THE DONOR MEETING ON 21 NOVEMBER, ACCREDITED AMBASSADORS WERE BRIEFED OVERALL DISASTER SITUATION, NATIONAL RELIEF EFFORT AND EXTENT RELIEF NEEDS.

4. FAO REPRESENTATIVE CURRENTLY EVALUATING EMERGENCY NEEDS IN AGRICULTURAL SECTOR.

RELIEF NEEDS

5. URGENT NEEDS CONTINUE TO BE IN FOOD, HEALTH, SHELTER AND AGRICULTURAL SECTORS.

FOOD:

GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES TOTAL NEEDS AFFECTED POPULATION AT 2,000 TONS, OF WHICH REQUIREMENTS OF EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE AS DIETARY COMPLEMENT ESTIMATED AT 772 TONS DSM, 386 TONS VEGOIL AND 386 TONS LENTILS/BEANS. GOVERNMENT APPROACHED WFP FOR 50 PER CENT ABOVE NEEDS.

HEALTH: PAHO/WHO REPRESENTATIVE ESTIMATES MEDICINES:

- 130,000 AMPOULES PROCAINE PENICILLIN (800,000 UNITS).
- 1,600 BOTTLES OF 100 TABLETS EACH TRIMETROPRIN SULFA (BACTRIM),
- 1,600 BOTTLES SYRUP OF SAME.
- 130,000 TABLETS ACETAMINOPHEN.
- 30,000 AMPOULES NOVALGINA.

ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION:

- 27 45KG-DRUMS CALCIUM HIPODONITO.
- 11 WATER PUMPS (GASOLINE) WITH 3-INCH SUCTION PIPES.
- 1,000 15-LITRE WATER FILTERS.
- 10 55-GALLON DRUMS INSECTICIDES (BAYGON).
- 2 MOTOR SPRAYER PUMPS (INSECTICIDES).
- 20 PORTABLE SPRAYERS (INSECTICIDES).

SHELTER:

20,000 CORRUGATED IRON SHEETS FOR 1,000 FAMILIES, AVAILABLE LOCALLY AT US DLRS 4 PER SHEET (TOTAL COST US DLRS 80,000).

CONTRIBUTIONS: (REPORTED SINCE SITREP NO. 2 OF 20 NOVEMBER 1984)

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

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UNDRO 84/2709

COLOMBIA - FLOODS
UNDRO SITREP NO.4
11 DECEMBER 1984

SITUATION

1. PRELIMINARY REPORT OF FAO REPRESENTATIVE STATES 156,883 HECTARES AGRICULTURAL AREA AFFECTED AND 11,187 HECTARES FARM LAND LOST.

RELIEF NEEDS

2. FAO REPRESENTATIVE ESTIMATES PROVISIONAL NEEDS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AS:

- SEEDS (MAIZE, KIDNEY BEANS, SORGHUM, SOYA BEANS),

- FERTILIZERS (UREA AND NPK COMPOUNDS),

- AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS (MACHETES, HOES, DIGGERS, SHOVELS, POWER SAWS AND PORTABLE FUMIGATION SPRAY).

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE

3. FOLLOWING DONOR MEETING 21 NOVEMBER,

- FAO WOULD ADVISE ON APPROVAL OF AGRICULTURAL PROJECT US DLRS 250,000 FOR POST-EMERGENCY AND REHABILITATION FARM LAND, MAIN EXPENDITURES, SEEDS, PESTICIDES, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,

- ECONOMIC COMMISSION OF LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN HAS OFFERED ASSISTANCE TO ASSESS DAMAGES AND IMPACT ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

CONTRIBUTIONS:

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

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UNDRO 85/0097

COLOMBIA - FLOODS
UNDRO SITREP NO. 5
15 JANUARY 1985

SITUATION

1. UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS IMPROVED WEATHER CONDITIONS AND FLOOD WATERS HAVE MUCH RECEDED.

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE

2. GOVT TAKING NECESSARY REHABILITATION STEPS.

3. FAO HAS APPROVED US DLRS 250,000 AGRICULTURAL PROJECT (PARA 3 SITREP NO. 4).

CONTRIBUTIONS:

1. WITH REHABILITATION UNDERWAY, EMERGENCY RELIEF PHASE IS CONSIDERED OVER. UNLESS A NEW EMERGENCY SITUATION DEVELOPS THIS IS FINAL SITUATION REPORT.

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

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