Peru: Floods Mar 1986 UNDRO Situation Reports 1 - 5

UNDRO 86/0485

PERU - FLOODS
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
4 MARCH 1986

SITUATION

1. DUE TO FLOODS FOLLOWING INCREASED WATERLEVEL LAKE TITICACA, GOVERNMENT DECLARED FOUR PROVINCES IN DEPARTMENT PUNO 'EMERGENCY ZONE'. SEVERAL VILLAGES ARE ISOLATED. RISK OF FURTHER FLOODING.

2. TENTATIVE DATA PROVIDED BY NATIONAL CIVIL DEFENSE: (A) PARTIAL EVACUATION AFFECTING RURAL COMMUNITIES OF 100,000 INHABITANTS AND UP TO 300 FAMILIES IN URBAN AREAS, (B) 15,000 HA CROPS DESTROYED AND 35,000 HA DAMAGED.

3. CIVIL DEFENSE PUNO HAS INDICATED NEED FOR MEDECINES, TENTS AND CLOTHES. WFP INFORMS THAT FOOD AID NEEDS CAN BE COVERED BY LOCALLY AVAILABLE SUPPLIES FROM ONGOING WFP PROJECTS.

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

ESSAAFI UNDRO GENEVA 28148 +

(DPR 310 PER)

UNDRO 86/0548

PERU - FLOODS
UNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO. 2
12 MARCH 1986

SITUATION

1. CONTINUOUS TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN PUNO AND HUANUCO FURTHER AGGRAVATES SERIOUS SITUATION CREATED BY OVERFLOW OF RIVERS AND LAKE TITICACA.

2. GOVERNMENT REPORTS 6 PROVINCES OF PUNO (WITH TOTAL POPULATION 600,000) AFFECTED BY FLOODS, SOME 90,000 PEOPLE HOMELESS. COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTED BY DAMAGE TO ROADS.

3. IN TROPICAL WOODLAND DEPARTMENT HUANUCO, HUALLAGA RIVER REACHED HIGHEST LEVEL IN 20 YEARS. 12 PEOPLE KILLED, 50 MISSING, 1,500 HOMELESS FOLLOWING MUDSLIDE. 3 VILLAGES BURIED. IN VIEW RISK OF FURTHER MUDSLIDES, EVACUATION OF POPULATION STARTED.

4. NATIONAL CIVIL DEFENCE CARRYING OUT RELIEF ACTIVITIES. AIR BRIDGE LIMA-PUNO ESTABLISHED TO TRANSPORT FOOD, SHELTER, MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND PERSONNEL.

NEEDS

5. THE GOVERNMENT OF PERU HAS REQUESTED UNDRO TO LAUNCH AN APPEAL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO MOBILIZE URGENT RELIEF ASSISTANCE TO THE AFFECTED POPULATION. UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE, IN CO-OPERATION WITH NATIONAL CIVIL DEFENCE AND OTHER AGENCIES ASSESSING RELIEF NEEDS TO BE COMMUNICATED IN NEXT SITUATION REPORT.

6. FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE UNDRO PREPARED TO ALLOCATE FOR IMMEDIATE PURCHASE OF RELIEF SUPPLIES UP TO US DLRS 25,000 FROM ITS EMERGENCY FUND DESPITE UN FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS.

7. CONTRIBUTIONS:

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

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UNDRO 86/0605

PERU - FLOODS
SITUATION REPORT NO. 3
18 MARCH 1986

SITUATION

1. OVERFLOWING OF LAKES AND RIVERS CONTINUES WITH LIKELIHOOD OF FURTHER MUDSLIDES.

2. NUMBER OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY DISASTER REPORTED AS FOLLOWS: 150,000 IN PUNO, 40,000 IN UCAYALI, 10,000 IN HUANUCO.

3. GOVERNMENT REQUESTED UNDRO TO PROVIDE SERVICES OF A GEOLOGIST.

4. FOOD AID NEEDS AMOUNTING TO 597.7 MT (MILK POWDER, WHEAT, VEG-OIL) BEING PROVIDED THROUGH ONGOING WFP ASSISTANCE.

5. RELIEF NEEDS:

MEDICAL NEEDS BEING ASSESSED BY UNDRO RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE IN CONSULTATION WITH WHO REPRESENTATIVE IN LIMA.

• 2,000 TENTS (10 PERSONS EACH)
• 30,000 BLANKETS
• CLOTHING FOR PROTECTION AGAINST COLD WEATHER AND RAIN.

CONTRIBUTIONS (SINCE SITREP NO. 2 DATED 12 MARCH 1986)

6. GOVERNMENTS:


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

ESSAAFI UNDRO GENEVA 28148 +

(DPR 310 PER'86(1))

UNDRO 86/0742

PERU - FLOODS
SITUATION REPORT NO. 4
7 APRIL 1986

SITUATION

1. RAINS ARE DECREASING IN SOME PARTS, E.G. PUNO, WHILE STARTING IN REGIONS JUNIN AND ANCASH WHERE INTENSE RAINS/HAIL STORMS HAVE GIVEN RISE TO FLOODS. LANDSLIDES REPORTED IN REGION HUANOCO.

2. NATIONAL AUTHORITIES REPORT: FLOODING OF HUALLAGO RIVER: 8 VICTIMS APPROX 10,000 HA CROPS AFFECTED. DAMAGE/DESTRUCTION OF HOUSING, IRRIGATION CHANNELS, DRINKING WATER SOURCES AND ROAD NETWORK PARTS. FLOODING OF RIVER UCAYAL: 40,000 PEOPLE AFFECTED. DAMAGE CAUSED TO APPROX 4,150 LANDCROPS AND TO SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

3. WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES APPEAL FOR US DLRS 100,000 FOR RELIEF AND RECOVERING SUPPLIES.

4. UNDRO DELEGATE ARRIVED LIMA ON 5 APRIL 1986.

CONTRIBUTIONS: (SINCE SITREP NO. 3 DATED 18 MARCH 86)

(++) VALUE NOT REPORTED TO UNDRO

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

ESSAAFI UNDRO GENEVA 28148 +

(DPR 310 PER'86(1))

UNDRO 86/0765

PERU - FLOODS
SITUATION REPORT NO. 5
9 APRIL 1986

SITUATION

1. UNDRO RESREP/DELEGATE REPORTS THAT LEVEL OF LAKE TITICACA RISES NO MORE. NO SIGNIFICANT LEVEL DECREASE EXPECTED DURING APRIL/MAY.

2. NUMBER OF PERSONS AFFECTED IN REGION PUNO ESTIMATED AT 100,000 (200,000 THROUGHOUT COUNTRY), 23,000 HOUSES DAMAGED/DESTROYED (29,000 THROUGHOUT COUNTRY), 46,000 HA CULTIVATED LANDS AFFECTED INCLUDING 22,930 HA CROPS LOST (85,000 HA THROUGHOUT COUNTRY). MAIN CROPS AFFECTED: POTATOES, QUINUA, FODDER, BARLEY.

3. RAILWAY INTERRUPTED BETWEEN PUNO AND JULIACA. VARIOUS VILLAGES/HOUSES ISOLATED, INCLUDING TOWN HUANCANE AND PORT AND LOWER PART PUNO CITY. 90 PERCENT RURAL SCHOOLS AND 20 PERCENT URBAN SCHOOLS DAMAGED.

4. DUE TO LIMITED AIR TRANSPORT, MOST GOODS TRANSPORTED BY ROAD LIMA-PUNO WITH CONSEQUENT DELAYS. DISTRIBUTION IN REGION HAMPERED BY LACK OF BOATS.

5. WHO/PAHO UNDERTAKEN STUDY OF HEALTH REQUIREMENTS IN CONSULTATION WITH LOCAL HEALTH PERSONNEL.

6. AFTER DEDUCTION OF CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY NATIONAL RED CROSS SOCIETIES, LRCS APPEALS FOR ADDITIONAL CASH CONTRIBUTION US DLRS 536,351.

NEEDS

7. PRIORITY REQUIREMENTS ARE FAMILY TENTS AND LARGE TENTS (30-50 PERSONS FOR SCHOOLS), BLANKETS, CORRUGATED IRON SHEETS AND TOOLS FOR TEMPORARY SHELTER. FUNDS FOR FUEL AND RENTING OF BOATS.

8. LIST OF MEDICAL NEEDS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.

9. FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS COVERED BY ONGOING WFP AND USAID ASSISTANCE.

CONTRIBUTIONS: (SINCE SITREP NO. 4 DATED 7 APRIL 1986)

(++) VALUE NOT REPORTED TO UNDRO.

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

ESSAAFI UNDRO GENEVA 28148 +

(DPR 310 PER'86(1))