UNDRO 87/2524
VIETNAM - TYPHOON MAURY
UNDRO INFO REPORT NO. 1
- 30 NOVEMBER 1987 -
1. HEAVY RAINFALL ON 18/19 NOVEMBER 1987 HAS CAUSED SERIOUS
FLOODS IN NGHIA BINH PROVINCE. REPORTS INDICATE RICE AND OTHER
CROPS UNDER WATER AND HEAVY DAMAGE TO IRRIGATION PROJECTS.
2. GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY SENT ASSISTANCE AS WELL AS PERSONNEL
TO EVALUATE SITUATION.
3. UNDRO HAS NOT RECEIVED OFFICIAL REQUEST FROM GOVT TO LAUNCH
APPEAL FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE.
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UNDRO 87/2553
VIETNAM - TYPHOON MAURY
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 2
- 2 DECEMBER 1987
NGHIA BINH PROVINCE
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1. RIVERS REACHED RECORD LEVELS, CAUSING HEAVY FLOODS IN
4 DISTRICTS.
2. AT LEAST 22 DEAD, 61 HOUSES DESTROYED AND 18,670 HOUSES
SUBMERGED.
3. 7,000 HA FLOWERING RICE FLOODED AND 1,000 T RICE SEEDS
WASHED AWAY.
4. IRRIGATION PROJECT, 15 BRIDGES AND SLUICES ON TRANS-VIETNAM
HIGHWAY DESTROYED, DAMAGED OR SUBMERGED.
PHU KHANH PROVINCE
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5. 150-250 MM RAINFALL 18 - 19 NOV CAUSED HEAVY DAMAGE IN 2
DISTRICTS.
6. 9 DEAD, 2 MISSING, SOME INJURED AND 65 HOUSES DESTROYED.
7. 1,479 HA RICE, 850 HA SUBSIDIARY CROPS AND 70 HA SUGAR CANE
FLOODED.
8. ORCHARDS, ANIMALS, ROADS, IRRIGATION PROJECT ALSO DAMAGED/
DESTROYED.
OTHER PROVINCES
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9. HEAVY RAINS ALSO IN BINH TRI THIEN AND QUANG NAM DA NANG
PROVINCES.
10. URGENT MEASURES BEING TAKEN TO OVERCOME CONSEQUENCES.
11. TO DATE GOVT HAS NOT REQUESTED INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE.
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UNDRO 87/2611
VIETNAM - TYPHOON MAURY -
SITUATION REPORT NO 3
09 DECEMBER 1987
1. FOLLOWING THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGES CAUSED BY TYPHOON MAURY ON 19
NOVEMBER 1987 IN THE PROVINCES OF NGHIA BINH AND PHU KHANH, THE
GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM HAS LAUNCHED ON 9 DECEMBER AN APPEAL FOR
INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.
2. APPROXIMATIVELY 90 PERCENT OF DAMAGE IS IN SOUTHERN PART OF
NGHIA BINH PROVINCE. FOLLOWING ARE LATEST FIGURES REPORTED FOR
BOTH PROVINCES COMBINED:
- DEATHS 101
- PEOPLE AFFECTED 360,000
- HOMELESS 52,000
- FOOD LOSSES 65,500 T
- PADDY LOST 6,495 HA
- PADDY DAMAGED 14,704 HA
- OTHER CROPS LOSSES 16,300 T
- BRIDGES/SLUICES 469
- ALSO ROADS AND IRRIGATION WORKS DAMAGED
3. GOVERNMENT WILL PROVIDE SOONEST LIST OF NEEDED MATERIALS WHICH
WE UNDERSTAND WILL FOCUS ON FOOD, MEDECINE AND BUILDING
MATERIALS.
4. DONORS ARE KINDLY REQUESTED TO REPORT TO UNDRO DIRECTLY
PREFERABLY BY TELEX (28148 UNDR CH), OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS IN
QUANTITY AND CORRESPONDING VALUE.
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UNDRO 87/2712
VIETNAM - TYPHOON MAURY -
SITUATION REPORT NO. 4
29 DECEMBER 1987
1. AS REPORTED IN UNDRO INFORMATION AND SITUATION REPORTS SINCE
END NOVEMBER, TYPHOON MAURY INFLICTED HEAVY DAMAGE ON THE
PROVINCES OF NGHIA BINH AND PHU KHANH. THE TYPHOON WAS THE MOST
RECENT IN A SERIES OF DISASTERS AFFECTING VIETNAM DURING 1987
WHICH HAVE INCLUDED STORMS, DROUGHTS AND OUTBREAKS OF CROP
DISEASES WHICH HAVE SEVERELY CUT AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT BY AN
ESTIMATED 1.7 MILLION TONS OF FOODGRAIN.
2. MOST RECENT FIGURES RECEIVED FROM UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT REPRE-
SENTATIVE ON DIRECT DAMAGE CAUSED BY TYPHOON MAURY ARE AS
FOLLOWS:
- 101 DEAD, 211 BADLY INJURED, 352,000 HOMELESS (OR WHOSE
PROPERTY AND FOOD SUPPLIES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED) AND A FURTHER
584,800 WHOSE HOMES, PROPERTY AND FOOD SUPPLIES SEVERELY DAMAGED.
THE ESTIMATED SHORTFALL ON FOOD LOSSES FROM TYPHOON MAURY ALONE
IS 65,500 TONS.
3. TO PREVENT IMMINENT FAMINE AND WIDESPREAD MALNUTRITION
CAUSED BY THE YEAR'S DISASTERS, THE GOVERNMENT HAS REVIEWED THE
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN IN ORDER TO MOBILIZE ADDITIONAL RE-
SOURCES AND IMPORTED 500,000 TONS OF FOOD SUPPLIES. HOWEVER, AN
URGENT REQUIREMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING EMERGENCY RELIEF STILL
EXISTS, DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE SEVERE DAMAGE CAUSED BY
TYPHOON MAURY.
FOOD - 30,000 TONS (GOVERNMENT CAN PROVIDE ONE QUARTER)
MEDICINES - (LIST BEING COMPILED)
EMERGENCY RECONSTRUCTION MATERIALS - CEMENT (3,900 TONS)
IRON BAR (DIAMETER 6MM -1,700 TONS),TIMBER (2,800 CUB.METRES)
OTHER ITEMS BEING ASSESSED.
RICE SEEDS - 3,000 TONS
INSECTICIDES - (FULL LIST BEING COMPILED)
FERTILIZERS - 1,500 TONS (SULFAT URE-NH4 20-25 PERCENT AND
URE-NHA 40-44 PERCENT)
4. 'AIDRECEPT' HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS THE FOCAL POINT FOR
RECEPTION AND DELIVERY OF RELIEF CONTRIBUTIONS.
5. DONORS ARE KINDLY REQUESTED TO REPORT TO UNDRO DIRECTLY
PREFERABLY BY TELEX (28148 UNDR CH), OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS IN
QUANTITY AND CORRESPONDING VALUE.
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