UNDRO 89/1488
TYPHOON GORDON - PHILIPPINES
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
18 JULY 1989
1. TYPHOON GORDON HIT AND SEVERELY AFFECTED THE NORTHERN PHILIPPINES ISLAND OF LUZON ON SATURDAY 15 JULY, CAUSING FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL REGIONS OF THE ISLAND. A BRIDGE IN ILOCOS NORTE WAS WASHED AWAY AND A DIKE IN LA UNION PROVINCE COLLAPSED FLOODING THREE VILLAGES. LANDSLIDES AND DEBRIS BLOCKED ROADS.
2. ALTHOUGH REPORTS ON DEATH AND INJURIES ARE STILL BEING COMPILED, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 10,000 ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTED AND 1000 HOUSES DESTROYED, WITH A FURTHER 500 PARTIALLY DESTROYED IN AREAS OF ILOCOS SUR BENGUET, LA UNION, CAGAYAN AND NUEVA VIZCAYA. CROP DAMAGE AND DISRUPTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE IS ESTIMATED AT OVER 100 MILLION US DOLLARS.
3. DISASTER RELIEF OPERATIONS ARE UNDERWAY BY THE NATIONAL RELIEF SERVICE COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL CO-ORDINATING COUNCIL, THE NATIONAL RED CROSS, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE PHILIPPINES NAVY.
4. THE UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT CO-ORDINATOR IS COMPILING UPDATED INFORMATION WHICH WILL BE TRANSMITTED IN INFORMATION REPORT NO. 2, MEANWHILE UNDRO HAS NOT SO FAR RECEIVED ANY OFFICIAL REQUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE.
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UNDRO 89/1497
TYPHOON GORDON - PHILIPPINES
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 2
19 JULY 1989
1. UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT CO-ORDINATOR REPORTS THAT 48,000 PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY DISPLACED BY FLOODWATERS IN CAGAYAN, ILOCOS SUR, ABRA, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, BAGUIO AND LA UNION. OFFICIAL DEATH TOLL GIVEN AS 14, WITH A NUMBER OF INJURED AND MISSING BEING REPORTED.
2. INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE COVERS SCHOOLS, GOVERNMENT OFFICES, BRIDGES AND ROADS BUT EMERGENCY REPAIRS ONGOING AND TWO MAIN HIGHWAYS ORIGINALLY BLOCKED BY LANDSLIDES NOW PASSABLE. OTHER ROADS EXPECTED TO BE CLEARED OF DEBRIS SHORTLY. ELECTRICAL POWER RESTORED MOST AREAS AFFECTED.
3. AGRICULTURAL LOSSES MAINLY IN ISABELA, WHERE EIGHTY PERCENT POTENTIAL CROPS DESTROYED COVERING 19,200 HECTARES. PRESIDENT AND CABINET MET TODAY 19/7 AND EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE SIX PROVINCES AS 'CALAMITY AREAS'. NATIONAL RELIEF OPERATIONS CONTINUING WITH PARTICIPATION PHILIPPINES NATIONAL RED CROSS SOCIETY.
4. TOTAL OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY THE PASSAGE OF TYPHOON GORDON IS ESTIMATED AT 123,000 REPRESENTING 23,000 FAMILIES OVERALL.
5. UNDRO HAS NOT SO FAR RECEIVED ANY OFFICIAL REQUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE.
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UNDRO 89/1536
TYPHOON GORDON - PHILIPPINES
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 3
25 JULY 1989
1. THE PRESIDENT HAS DECLARED FIVE PROVINCES AS "CALAMITY" AREAS - ILOCOS SUR, ILOCOS NORTE, CAGAYAN, ISABELA, NUEVA VIZCAYA AND THREE MUNICIPALITIES OF LA UNION. DAMAGE ASSESSMENT INDICATES THAT CAGAYAN, ISABELA AND NUEVA VIZCAYA SUFFERED HEAVIEST DAMAGE IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, WHILST CORDILLERA AUTONOMOUS REGION, MOST IN INFRASTRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
2. TWELVE EVACUATION CENTRES IN LA UNION, BAGUIO CITY AND PAMPANGA ARE RECEIVING RELIEF SUPPLIES FOR THE DISPLACED, INCLUDING FOOD AND MEDICINES.
3. DEATH TOLL NOW OFFICIALLY REPORTED AS 50 PERSONS, WITH 35 INJURED AND 31 MISSING. OVER 80,000 FAMILIES AFFECTED, 7540 HOUSES DESTROYED AND A FURTHER 29,220 DAMAGED. TOTAL DAMAGE TO AGRICULTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE ESTIMATED AT 31 MILLION US DOLLARS.
4. THE UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT CO-ORDINATOR HAS REPORTED THAT GOVERNMENT IS MEETING IMMEDIATE RELIEF REQUIREMENT FROM ITS OWN RESOURCES. NO REQUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN RECEIVED SO FAR.
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UNDRO 89/1686
PHILIPPINES - TYPHOON GORDON
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 4
15 AUGUST 1989
1. SUBSEQUENT TO MOST RECENT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT CO-ORDINATOR, FOLLOWING IS FINAL UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT.
2. TYPHOON GORDON, THE MOST POWERFUL STORM TO HIT THE PHILIPPINES TO DATE DURING 1989, CAUSING FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES ALONG WITH MASSIVE INFRASTRUCTURAL DAMAGE, WAS FINALLY OFFICIALLY ASSESSED AS CAUSING THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE AND LOSS OF LIFE. TOTAL DEATHS 94, INJURED 382, AND MISSING 3. OVER 95,000 FAMILIES WERE AFFECTED (REPRESENTING APPROXIMATELY 486,000 PEOPLE) WITH 8,845 FAMILIES ACTUALLY RENDERED HOMELESS. AGRICULTURAL AND INFRASTRUCTURAL DAMAGE FINALLY AMOUNTED TO OVER US DLRS 61 MILLION.
3. REHABILITATION OPERATIONS CURRENTLY BEING CARRIED OUT BY APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. NO REQUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE RECEIVED BY UNDRO.
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