OCHA Situation Report No. 1
Tropical Storm Lili - The Caribbean
24 September 2002


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

1. The National Weather Center in Miami reports that at 15:00 GMT today,
the center of Tropical Storm Lili was located near latitude 13.2 north,
longitude 65.6 west or about 455 miles/735 km southeast of Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic. Maximum sustained winds are near 70 mph/110kmh with
higher gusts.

2. At 1500 GMT, the following warnings/watches were in effect:

3. Tropical Storm Watch in effect along the southern coast of the
Dominican Republic from Punta Palenque, located southwest of Santo
Domingo, to the border with Haiti.

4. 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.

5. 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:
  Mr. E. Haegglund / Mr. R Mena / Ms. M. Kondo
  Direct Tel. +41-22-917 32 99 / 14 55 / 19 97

Press contact:
  (GVA)  Ms. Elizabeth Byrs, direct Tel. +41-22-917 2653
  (NYC)  Brian Grogan direct Tel. +1-212-963-1143


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