Chile: Floods - OCHA-03: 07-Jun-02

OCHA Situation Report No. 3 Chile - Floods 7 June 2002

Situation 1. The United Nations Resident Coordinator's office in Chile has reported that the National Emergency Office (ONEMI) maintains the 'red alert' for the Regions: V (Valparaiso), VI (Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins) and the Metropolitan Region (Santiago) and has extended it for IV (Coquimbo). 2. According to the report issued by ONEMI on 6 June, the impact on people and housing is as follows: |-------+----------+-----------+-----------+------+---------| | | People | People | People | Dead | Missing | | | affected | evacuated | sheltered | | | |-------+----------+-----------+-----------+------+---------| | Total | 199,511 | 49,310 | 7,685 | 12 | 221 | |-------+----------+-----------+-----------+------+---------| National Response 3. Due to the 'red alert' in effect, ONEMI maintains Regional, Provincial and Communal Emergency Operations Committees activated for 24 hours. It also continues with the distribution of relief items. International Response 4. The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has contributed USD 50,000 toward the relief efforts associated with the floods in Santiago and southern Chile. These funds will be provided to the Red Cross, Hogar de Cristo, Caritas, and the National Emergency Office for the local purchase of relief supplies. 5. The Government of Chile has not requested international assistance. 6. This Situation Report and further information on ongoing emergencies are also available on the OCHA 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: 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 distributed by - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Center for International Disaster Information Volunteers in Technical Assistance web: www.cidi.org listserv: www.cidi.org/listsub.htm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - comments/suggestions/requests to incident@cidi.org