DHA-GENEVA 93/0496
VIETNAM - TYPHOON KYLE
DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO.1
30 NOVEMBER 1993
SITUATION
1. TYPHOON KYLE HIT VIETNAM ON 23/24 NOVEMBER 1993 CAUSING DAMAGES IN PHU YEN, KHANH HOA, BINH DINH AND DAC LAC PROVINCES. OFFICIAL STATISTICS PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING DATA ON IMPACT: 71 PEOPLE KILLED, 59 MISSING, 5,601 HOUSES COLLAPSED/WASHED AWAY, 11,217 HOUSES DAMAGED/INUNDATED, 719 SCHOOLS COLLAPSED/DAMAGED, 214 BRIDGES/CULVERTS DAMAGED, 17,212 HA OF CROPS DAMAGED.
NATIONAL RESPONSE
2.THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE FOR FLOOD AND STORM CONTROL (CCFSC )ISSUED TYPHOON WARNINGS TO THE PROVINCIAL COMMITTEES CONCERNED. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, RELIEF, SEARCH AND RESCUE AND TEMPORARY REHABILITATION CARRIED OUT BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES. A GOVERNMENT MISSION HEADED BY THE VICE PRIME MINISTER VISITED THE WORST AFFECTED AREAS AND APPROVED PROVISION OF FURTHER RELIEF.
COUNTRY-LEVEL INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE
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