Costa Rica: Floods - Sep 1999 Updates

The United States is providing Central American countries with satellite technology that will improve weather forecasts and enhance warning efforts that may save lives and property at risk from...

Transitional Relief and First Phase Rehabilitation Special Report: Update and Focus on Regional Flooding The relief phase of the Hurricane Mitch operation is now over, however, current flooding in...

Ref:GVA/99/0173 Costa Rica - Floods OCHA - Geneva Situation Report No.2 06 October 1999 1. Red Alert has been downgraded to a yellow alert in the province of Guanacaste which has been the province...

The Disaster Heavy rains accompanying tropical storms have battered most parts of Central America, specifically Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, for more than two weeks...

Ref:GVA/99/0167 Costa Rica - Floods OCHA - Geneva Situation Report No.1 30 September 1999 Red Alert Declared 1. The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Costa Rica reports that since 24 September...

From WEEKLY NEWS 37/99 During its week-long passage through the Caribbean, along the south-eastern coast of the United States, southern Mexico and Central America, Hurricane Floyd caused extensive...

The Disaster Since Saturday, 11 September, severe rais and storms in Central America have caused flooding and landslides, resulting in destroyed homes and crops in many communities. People have been...