Romania Floods Aug 1991UNDRO Situation Reports 1-4

UNDRO 91/1201

ROMANIA- FLOODS
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
1 AUGUST 1991

1. UNDP/UNDRO RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING FIRST PRELIMINARY DATA ON FLOODS AFFECTING PROVINCES BACAU, SUCEAVA AND NEAMT IN NORTHEASTERN ROMANIA.

2. BACAU: 45 DEAD, 71 MISSING, 13,000 AFFECTED. SUCEAVA AND NEAMT: NUMBER OF PERSONS AFFECTED NOT YET REPORTED UPON BUT EXPECTED TO BE LESS HIGH.

3. MATERIAL DAMAGE IN BACAU INCLUDES DAM RUPTURE, DESTRUCTION OF SOME 700 HOUSES AND DAMAGE TO SOME 1,700, FLOODING OF CULTIVATED LAND. DAMAGE TO 45 BRIDGES AND TO ROADS/ RAILWAYS HAS LED TO ISOLATION OF MANY TOWNS. SUCEAVA AND NEAMT SEEM TO HAVE BEEN LESS SEVERELY AFFECTED. NEVERTHELESS SOME TOWNS ALSO HERE
ISOLATED.

4. ON 29 JULY ROMANIA'S PRESIDENT CHAIRED SUPREME COUNCIL FOR PROTECTION AGAINST FLOODS. ASSISTANCE COMMITTEES HAVE BEEN SET UP. MILITARY SENT TO AREAS AFFECTED. PRIME MINISTER AND OTHER GOVT MEMBERS HAVE CARRIED OUT NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN DISASTER STRICKEN AREAS.

5. NATIONAL RED CROSS PROVIDING EMERGENCY SUPPLIES.

6. GOVT HAS NOT YET REQUESTED UNDRO TO LAUNCH AN APPEAL FOR
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

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UNDRO TELEPHONE NO: +41-22-731.02.11
UNDRO EMERGENCY TEL. NO. (OUTSIDE WORKING HOURS): +41-22-733.20.10

UNDRO DESK OFFICER: K. KURODA EXT. 3516
PRESS TO CONTACT UNDRO SPOKESMAN: M. KHATIB, EXT. 2856

UNDRO TELEX: 414242 DRO CH
UNDRO FAX: +41-22-733.56.23
UNDRO ELECTRONIC MAIL ON UNIENET: UNX008

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UNDRO 91/1215

ROMANIA - FLOODS
UNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO. 2
2 AUGUST 1991

1. UNDRO IS LAUNCHING APPEAL ON BEHALF OF GOVT FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR APPROX. 13,000 FLOOD VICTIMS IN BACAU, SUCEAVA AND NEAMT COUNTIES. FURTHER TO UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO.1 OF 1 AUGUST, OFFICIAL GOVT CASUALTY FIGURE DUE TO COLLAPSE OF DAM NEAR BACAU ALONE IS 71 DEAD, 43 MISSING. TOTAL ESTIMATED DAMAGE
NOW STANDS AT 3 BILLION LEIS (USD 50 MILLION). WILL COMMUNICATE FURTHER INFORMATION ON CASUALTIES AND DAMAGE ON NEXT REPORT.

2. LIST OF EMERGENCY NEEDS IDENTIFIED AS FOLLOWS:

• TENTS
• BLANKETS
• CANNED FOOD
• PLASTIC BAGS FOR BUILDING SAND BARRAGES
• INFLATABLE BOATS
• MOBILE WATER DRINKING UNITS
• MEDICINES AND MEDICAL ITEMS (INCLUDING ANTIBIOTICS, SYRINGES. DETAIL LIST TO BE FAXED UPON REQUEST)
• POWDER MILK FOR CHILDREN

1. UNDRO EMERGENCY GRANT USD 20,000 BEING DISBURSED.
   
   
2. UNDRO READY TO CHANNEL FUNDS TO EXPEDITE RELIEF ACTIVITIES. FUNDS SHOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO FOLLOWING:
   
   SWISS BANK CORPORATION
   POST BOX 2770
   1211 GENEVA 2, SWITZERLAND
   ACCOUNT NO: CO-590.160.1
   MENTION: UNDRO FOR ROMANIA
   
   
3. FOR CO-ORDINATION PURPOSE, PLEASE INFORM UNDRO IMMEDIATELY AS INDICATED BELOW OF PLEDGES/CONTRIBUTIONS (SPECIFYING VALUE BY ITEM).
   
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   UNDRO TELEPHONE NO: +41-22-731.02.11
   UNDRO EMERGENCY TEL. NO. (OUTSIDE WORKING HOURS): +41-22-733.20.10
   
   UNDRO DESK OFFICER: K. KURODA EXT. 3516
   PRESS TO CONTACT UNDRO SPOKESMAN: M. KHATIB, EXT. 2856
   
   UNDRO TELEX: 414242 DRO CH
   UNDRO FAX: +41-22-733.56.23
   UNDRO ELECTRONIC MAIL ON UNIENET: UNX008
   
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UNDRO 91/1218

ROMANIA - FLOODS
UNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO. 3
5 AUGUST 1991

SITUATION

1. UNDP/UNDRO REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS UPDATED OFFICAL CASUALTY AND DAMAGE FIGURES AS 72 DEAD, 32 MISSING, 1,104 HOUSES DESTROYED, 7,343 FARM HOUSES AND 60,810 HECTARES OF AGRICULTURAL FIELDS FLOODED, 69 BRIDGES DESTROYED, THOUSANDS OF TONS OF CEREAL CROP LOST. ENERGY AND SUPPLIES OF DRINKING WATER CUT TO TOWNS ISOLATED BY BROKEN BRIDGES AND FLOODED ROADS.

2. GOVT SET UP NATIONAL RELIEF COMMITTEE AND ISSUED APPEAL TO NATION FOR HELPING VICTIMS.

3. IN ADDITION TO NATIONAL RED CROSS, UNICEF AND NGO'S, MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES FRANCE AND EQUILIBRE, PROVIDING EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.

REQUIREMENTS

4. LIST CONTAINED IN SITUATION REPORT NO.2 OF 3/4 AUGUST STILL APPLIES. DUE TO SHORTAGE, NO LOCAL PROCUREMENT OF RELIEF SUPPLIES POSSIBLE.

5. INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE (SINCE SITUATION REPORT NO.2)

1. FOR CO-ORDINATION PURPOSE, PLEASE INFORM UNDRO IMMEDIATELY AS INDICATED BELOW OF PLEDGES/CONTRIBUTIONS (SPECIFYING VALUE BY ITEM).
   
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   UNDRO TELEPHONE NO: +41-22-731.02.11
   UNDRO EMERGENCY TEL. NO. (OUTSIDE WORKING HOURS): +41-22-733.20.10
   
   UNDRO DESK OFFICER: K. KURODA, EXT. 3516
   PRESS TO CONTACT UNDRO SPOKESMAN: M. KHATIB, EXT. 2856
   
   UNDRO TELEX: 414242 DRO CH
   UNDRO FAX: +41-22-733.56.23
   UNDRO ELECTRONIC MAIL ON UNIENET: UNX008
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UNDRO 91/1271

ROMANIA
FLOODS IN MOLDAVIA REGION
UNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO. 4
15 AUGUST 1991

SITUATION

1. UNDRO OFFICER VISITED MOST AFFECTED VILLAGES IN BACAU COUNTY WHERE FLOODS OCCURRED FOLLOWING TORRENTIAL RAINS ON NIGHT OF 28 JULY AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF DROUGHT. NEARLY ALL PERSONS KILLED LIVED IN AREAS ADJACENT TO BELCIU DAM (BUILT IN 1964 MAINLY FOR INDUSTRIAL USE) NEAR TOWN OF ONESTI (FORMERLY GHEORGHIUG-DEJ),
WHICH RUPTURED DURING NIGHT AS LAKE NEXT TO DAM FILLED WITH WATER AND DEBRIS.

2. MOST AFFECTED VILLAGES ARE IN NEARBY CULMEA PIETRICICA MOUNTAIN RANGE (APPROX. 1000 METERS ALTITUDE) AND ARE ACCESSIBLE BY NARROW ROADS, MANY OF WHICH WERE FLOODED OVER BY SWOLLEN RIVERS. MANY HOUSES LOCATED VERY NEAR RIVERS, NORMALLY ONLY FEW METERS WIDE, WERE COMPLETELY WASHED AWAY.

3. CITIES AND BUILT-UP AREAS SUFFERED LITTLE DAMAGE.

4. UPDATED OFFICIAL CASUALTY FIGURES INDICATE 88 DEAD, 19 MISSING, AND 15,000 AFFECTED OF WHICH 8,000 HOMELESS. ONE COMMUNITY WAS STILL ISOLATED BUT PEOPLE FROM THERE WERE COMING DOWN TO RECEIVE SUPPLIES. LOSS OF MORE THAN 13,000 CATTLE AND HORSES MEANS LOSS OF SOURCES OF FOOD AND TRANSPORTATION. OF 10,000 HOUSES FLOODED, 2,325 ARE COMPLETELY DESTROYED.

NATIONAL RESPONSE

5. ARMY AND RED CROSS ARE CONTINUING TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD AND OTHER SUPPLIES. IN ADDITION, AS A RESULT OF MOBILIZATION, MANY INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS MAKING DONATIONS, INCLUDING LIVESTOCK, AND SOME ARRIVING ON THEIR OWN TO DISTRIBUTE THEM. GOVT EFFECTIVELY CARRYING OUT RELIEF ACTIVITIES.

6. EMERGENCY PHASE IS COMING TO END AND GOVT MAKING PLANS FOR REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION WHERE CONSIDERABLE EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE IS REQUIRED.

7. GOVT ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL ACCOUNT FOR DISASTER VICTIMS WHICH WILL FACILITATE RECEPTION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE STRICTLY FOR RELIEF PURPOSES.

REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE

8. AT MEETING WITH CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED TO OVERSEE RELIEF, FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS NEEDS (IN AFFECTED COUNTIES OF BACAU, IASI, NEAMT AND SUCEAVA) REQUESTED FROM INTERNATIONAL DONOR COMMUNITY:

A) IMMEDIATE AND SHORT-TERM:

• FOOD TO COVER THREE MONTHS: MILK POWDER (1,000 TONS), BUTTER (550 TONS), SUGAR (4,000 TONS), VEGETABLE OIL, CANNED MEAT AND FISH, CHEESE PRODUCTS
• CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS (E.G. CEMENT) AND MACHINERY. AT LEAST 2,000 HOUSES MUST BE REBUILT BEFORE ARRIVAL OF WINTER IN OCTOBER.
• FODDER

B) MEDIUM/LONG TERM:

• MATERIALS TO REPAIR BRIDGES AND ROADS

1. INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE (SINCE SITREP NO.3)
   
   
   

1. TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS REPORTED TO UNDRO WITH VALUES AMOUNT TO
   USD 555,434.
   
   
2. AS REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION PHASE HAS BEGUN, THIS IS LAST SITUATION REPORT FOR THIS DISASTER. DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO CONTINUE INFORMING UNDRO AS INDICATED BELOW OF PLEDGES/CONTRIBUTIONS (SPECIFYING VALUE BY ITEM).
   
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   UNDRO TELEPHONE NO: +41-22-731.02.11
   UNDRO EMERGENCY TEL. NO. (OUTSIDE WORKING HOURS): +41-22-733.20.10
   
   UNDRO DESK OFFICER: K. KURODA EXT. 3516
   PRESS TO CONTACT UNDRO SPOKESMAN: M. KHATIB, EXT. 2856
   
   UNDRO TELEX: 414242 DRO CH
   UNDRO FAX: +41-22-733.56.23
   UNDRO ELECTRONIC MAIL ON UNIENET: UNX008
   
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