OCHA Situation Report No. 5
Mexico - Hurricane Juliette
29 September 2001


This message is not an official hurricane warning or alert for any
country.

1.  The National Weather Center in Miami reports that at 1200 GMT, 29
September 2001, the center of hurricane Juliette was located near latitude
23.5 north, longitude 110.8 west, or about 70 miles (115 km) northwest of
Cabo San Lucas. Maximum sustained winds are near 75 mph (120 km/hr) with
higher gusts.

2.  Juliette has been meandering during the past 6 to 12 hours. Little
motion is expected today and the center of Juliette will likely continue
near or along the west coast of the Baja California peninsula prolonging
the hurricane and tropical storm conditions over central and southern
Baja.

3.  Hurricane Warning remains in effect for southern Baja California along
and south of a line from Cabo San Lazaro to Los Burros.

Tropical Storm Warning remains in effect along the west coast of Baja
California north of Cabo San Lazaro to Punta Abreojos and along the east
coast of Baja California north of Los Burros to Santa Rosalia.


Situation

4.  In the southernmost part of Baja California, power lines have been
downed and roads have been cut off. Damage caused to housing.


National response

5.  The Governor of the State of Baja California Sur has declared the
disaster affected areas a Disaster Zone.

6.  Police and rescue workers provided assistance to some 3,000 people cut
off by heavy flooding, and evacuated some 800 people from their vulnerable
housing.

7.  The Government of Mexico has not requested international assistance.

8.  For further information, please refer to the website of the National
Hurricane Service in Miami at www.nhc.noaa.gov, and
www.solar.ifa.hawaii.edu/Tropical/Gif/atl.latest.gif.

9.  This situation report, together with further information on ongoing
emergencies, is also available on the OCHA Internet Website at
http://www.reliefweb.int


Telephone: +41-22-91712 34
Fax: +41-22-917 00 23
E-mail: ochagva@un.org

In case of emergency only: Tel. +41-22-917 20 10

Desk Officers (OCHA Response Coordination Branch:)
  Mr. E. Haegglund / Ms. M. Kondo
  Direct Tel. +41-22-917 32 99/1997

Press contact:
  (GVA)  Ms. Elizabeth Byrs, direct Tel. +41-22-917 26 56
  (NYC)  Ms. Phyllis Lee, direct Tel. +1-212-963 48 32


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