UNDRO 88/1184
CUBA - HEAVY RAINS
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO.1
10 JUNE 1988
SITUATION
1. HEAVY RAINS, WHICH STARTED 31 MAY CONTINUED OVER 5 DAYS, AFFECTED CENTRAL REGION OF CUBA CAUSING SEVERE FLOODS AND SERIOUS DAMAGE TO NATIONAL ECONOMY.
2. MOST AFFECTED PROVINCES ARE SANCTI SPIRITUS, CIENFUEGOS, CIEGO DE AVILA, AND CAMAGUEY. RAINFALL RECORDED 634 MM. IN CIENFUEGOS, 578 MM. IN VILLA CLARA AND 556 MM. IN SANCTI SPIRITUS, IN 8 HOURS.
LOSS AND DAMAGE
3. 22 DEAD, 1 MISSING, SEVERAL DOZENS INJURED. 90,000 PEOPLE AFFECTED OF WHICH 31,000 WERE EVACUATED. 131 ROADS NOT PASSABLE AND 55 MAJOR RAILWAY LINES CUT OFF. DAMAGE TO 5,700 HOUSES, 15 SCHOOLS/HOSPITALS AND NUMBER OF AGRICULTURAL SILOS. THOUSANDS OF LIVE-STOCK WERE LOST.
RELIEF ACTIVITIES
4. NATIONAL CIVIL DEFENCE STARTED EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAMME. GOVERNMENT PRESENTLY ASSESSING DAMAGE AND IMMEDIATE RELIEF REQUIREMENTS.
5. UNDRO HAS NOT YET RECEIVED OFFICAL REQUEST OF LAUNCHING INTERNATIONAL APPEAL.
ESSAAFI UNDRO GENEVA 28148
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