unitex@rubbs.fidonet.org (unitex) (08/12/89)
UNDRONET: Flooding in India
SITUATION REPORT DATA BASE
THURSDAY 03 AUGUST 1989
TO: UNDRO LISTS 1 AND 5D PLUS MISSION OF INDIA AND UNDP/NEW DELHI
FLOODS - INDIA - UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
3 AUGUST 1989
1. TORRENTIAL MONSOON RAINSTORM WITH WIND UP TO 75 KM/H AND
FLOODS FROM 23 TO 31 JULY AFFECTED SOME COASTAL AREAS. DAMAGE TO
CROPS, CATTLE HEADS AND IMMOVABLE PROPERTY ESTIMATED AT SEVERAL
MILLION RUPEES (1 MILLION RUPEES IS APPROXIMATELY US DLRS
60,000).
2. DEATH TOLL RISES OVER 800 IN MAHARASHTRA, 144 IN ANDHRA
PRADESH, 24 IN GUJARAT AND 73 IN OTHER DISTRICTS. ABOUT 550
PEOPLE STILL MISSING IN MAHARASHTRA. GOVERNMENT, CIVIL
AUTHORITIES, ARMY, AIRFORCE AND NAVY ARE ACTIVE FOR RELIEF
OPERATIONS IN FLOOD AFFECTED AREAS.
3. LUTHERAN WORLD FEDERATION AND WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
REQUESTED RESPECTIVELY US DLRS 125,000 TO ITS RELATED AGENCIES TO
DISTRIBUTE RELIEF SUPPLIES IN ABOVE MENTIONED DISTRICTS AND ALSO
IN KERALA, KARNATAKA, ORISSA AND TAMIL NADU DISTRICTS.
4. UNDRO HAS NOT RECEIVED REQUEST TO LAUNCH AN INTERNATIONAL
APPEAL.
= ESSAAFI UNDRO GENEVA 28148 +
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