Honduras: Rains - OCHA-01: 14-Jun-02
OCHA Situation Report No. 1
Honduras - Rains
14 June 2002
Situation
1. Heavy rains have affected the Central part of Honduras forcing some
thousand people to evacuate their homes. The most affected areas are:
Choluteca, El Paraiso, Francisco Morazan, Olancho, Santa Barbara and Yoro.
2. On 11 June, the Comision Permanente de Contingencias (COPECO) reported
the following impact on people and infrastructure:
|-------+----------+----------+--------+----------+----------+--------|
| People| People | People | Houses | Houses | Bridges | Schools|
| dead | evacuated| sheltered| damaged| destroyed| destroyed| damaged|
|-------+----------+----------+--------+----------+----------+--------|
| 8 | 1086 | 144 | 223 | 11 | 7 | 3 |
|-------+----------+----------+--------+----------+----------+--------|
3. COPECO reported that people evacuated were returning to their homes.
4. For more information please see the COPECO website at: www.copeco.hn.
5. The Government of Honduras 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
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