Guyana: Floods - Jul 1996 Updates

Ref: DHAGVA - 97/0036 Final List of Contributions 1. This is the final report on this emergency, unless unforeseen developments occur. 2. For coordination purposes, donors are requested to inform...

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0278 SITUATION 1. THE WEATHER IS FINALLY IMPROVING IN GUYANA ALTHOUGH THE SITUATION REMAINS UNPREDICTABLE AND MORE RAIN IS FORECAST UP TO THE END OF AUGUST. FLOOD WATERS ARE...

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0269 1. UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS THAT RAINS STILL PERSIST PREVENTING FLOODED AREAS FROM RETURNING TO NORMAL. 2. APPROXIMATELY 35,500 AFFECTED PERSONS CONTINUE TO BE...

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0243 SITUATION 1. Although rains still on-going in Guyana, waters are slowly receding in the areas affected by floods. Government of Guyana reports that an estimated 35,000 persons...

1. The disaster Severe flooding has been caused to most of the ten provinces of this South-Americancountry by heavy rains falling at a rate 2.5 times above the normal levels of the rainyseason, that...

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0204 SITUATION - APPEAL 1. RAIN CONTINUING. WATER REMAINS HIGH IN FLOODED AREAS. 2. SOME 28,000 PERSONS (7,000 FAMILIES) AFFECTED. NO INFORMATION YET AVAILABLE ABOUT AREAS IN...

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0201 SITUATION - APPEAL 1. HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO AFFECT SEVEN REGIONS IN GUYANA, WORSENING THE SITUATION FOR WHICH THE GVT HAS REQUESTED INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE AS REFLECTED IN...

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0198 SITUATION 1. HEAVY RAINS LIKELY TO CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST NEXT TWO WEEKS. AREAS FLOODED WILL REMAIN UNDER WATER FOR ABOUT A MONTH. 2. OUT OF SEVEN REGIONS AFFECTED, MAHAICA,...

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0192 1. ON 12 JULY THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GUYANA CONVENED A MEETING OF THE HEADS OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN...

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