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Summary Tropical cyclone Fran was the fifth cyclone, and the third within four weeks, to affect Vanuatu during 1991-92. Fran was also the second cyclone to cross the Queensland coast. Fran originated...

UNDRO 92/0227 TURKEY - EARTHQUAKE UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 14 MARCH 1992 1. EARTHQUAKE MEASURING 6.8 ON RICHTER SCALE HIT TURKEY ABOUT 40 KMS EAST OF CITY OF ERZINCAN (560 KMS EAST OF ANKARA)...

UNDRO 92/0225 BOLIVIA - FLOODS INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 12 MARCH 1992 1. REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF SEVERE FLOODING IN NORTHERN BOLIVIA, COVERING A WIDE AREA. A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN...

UNDRO 92/0219 VANUATU TROPICAL CYCLONE 'FRAN' INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 10 MARCH 1992 1. TROPICAL CYCLONE 'FRAN' HIT VANUATU ON 9 MARCH 1992 WITH AVERAGE WINDS ESTIMATED AT 90 KNOTS AND GUSTING TO 120...

UNDRO 92/0211 COSTA RICA - EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 7 MARCH 1992 1. EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED ON 6 MARCH 92 AT 19.53HRS LOCAL TIME (GMT: 7 MARCH 92 AT 01.53HRS) IN COSTA RICA, 50 KM NORTHWEST OF...

1. INTRODUCTION Apart from a short break during 1940-1946, surface observations of meteorological elements since 1884 have been summarized and published in the Royal Observatory's Meteorological...

UNDRO 92/0170 PHILIPPINES TAAL VOLCANO ALERT UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 17 FEBRUARY 1992 SITUATION 1. FOLLOWING 479 TREMORS (HIGH FREQUENCY VOLCANIC QUAKES) SINCE 14 FEBRUARY, THE PHILIPPINE...

UNDRO 92/0160 LEBANON SNOWSTORMS UNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO. 1 14 FEBRUARY 1992 1. SEVERE AND UNPRECEDENTED SNOWSTORMS DURING MORE THAN TWO WEEKS HAVE LEFT MANY AREAS OF COUNTRY DEVASTATED AND TOTALLY...

UNDRO 92/0137 CUBA - FLOODS UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 10 FEBRUARY 1992 1. UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTED THAT SEA WAVES WITH UP TO 90 KM PER HR WINDS WHICH FLOODED NORTH WESTERN...

UNDRO 92/0140 BRAZIL - FLOODS UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 10 FEBRUARY 1992 1. FREQUENT RAINS PERSIST IN STATES OF MINAS GERAIS AND BAHIA, CAUSING FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES. ACCORDING TO LATEST MEDIA...

UNDRO 92/0133 ALGERIA HEAVY RAINS AND EARTHQUAKE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 7 FEBRUARY 1992 SITUATION 1. AFTER A LONG AND DISTURBING PERIOD OF DROUGHT, TORRENTIAL RAINS HAVE AFFECTED...

UNDRO 92/0121 TURKEY AVALANCHES UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 3 FEBRUARY 1992 1. VILLAGES IN PROVINCES SIRNAK, SIIRT, HAKKARI AND BITLIS (SOUTHEASTERN PART OF TURKEY) WERE AFFECTED BY AVALANCHES ON...

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UNDRO 92/0028 VANUATU TROPICAL CYCLONE 'BETSY' UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 09 JANUARY 1992 1. TC BETSY, WITH AVERAGE WINDS OF 80 KNOTS CLOSE TO CENTRE AND GUSTING TO 120 KNOTS, IS CURRENTLY...

UNDRO 92/0017 YEMEN FLOODS IN SOCOTRA ISLAND INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 7 JANUARY 1992 1. UNDP/UNDRO RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS THAT FLOODS OCCURRED IN SOCOTRA ISLAND FOLLOWING EXTREMELY HEAVY...

UNDRO 92/0016 ARGENTINA FLOODS UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 7 JANUARY 1992 1. HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING SINCE LATE DECEMBER HAVE CAUSED CROP DAMAGE IN PROVINCES OF CORDOBA, CHACO, CORRIENTES, SANTA...

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