OCHA Situation Report No. 2
Honduras - Rains
20 June 2002


Source: COPECO, www.copeco.hn

Situation

1.  The United Nations Resident Coordinator's office in Honduras informs
that the rains have diminished and the situation is under control
according to the Comision Permanente de Contingencias (COPECO).  The most
affected departments are shown in the above map.

2.  On 17 June, COPECO reported the following impact on people and
infrastructure:

|-------+--------+----------+---------+--------+----------+--------|
| People| People |  People  | People  | Houses |  Houses  | Schools|
|  dead |   in   | evacuated| affected| damaged| destroyed| damaged|
|       | shelter|          |         |        |          |        |
|-------+--------+----------+---------+--------+----------+--------|
|   10  |   144  |  1,086   |   825   |   284  |    37    |    4   |
|-------+--------+----------+---------+--------+----------+--------|


3.  For more information please refer to the COPECO website at:
www.copeco.hn.

4.  The Government of Honduras 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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Press contact:
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  (NYC)  Ms. Phyllis Lee, direct Tel. +1-212-963 48 32


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