OCHA Situation Report No. 1
Colombia - Rains
5 June 2002


Situation

1.  According to the Direccion General para la Prevencion y Atencion de
Desastres (DGPAD) and the Colombian Red Cross, heavy rains are affecting
some 73,000 people in 18 of the country's 32 departments. 15 people dead,
13 people injured and 13 people missing.

2.  The Yellow alert is in force for almost all of the Colombian
territory.


National Response

3.  All regional and local committees have been activated to ensure rapid
emergency response. Seven corregimientos (rural communities) in the
department of Cauca have been declared at high risk of landslides.

4.  The Government of Colombia has not requested international assistance.

5.  This Situation Report and further information on ongoing emergencies
are also available on the OCHA Website at http://www.reliefweb.int


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

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  Mr. Erik Haegglund, direct Tel. +41-22-917 32 99
  Ms. Masayo Kondo, direct Tel. +41-22-917 19 97
  Ms. Federica D'Andreagiovanni, direct Tel. +41-22-917 14 78

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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