OCHA Situation Report No. 2
Tropical Storm Lili - The Caribbean
25 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 12:00 GMT today,
the poorly- defined center of Tropical Storm Lili was located near
latitude 14.2 north, longitude 68.7 west or about 300 miles/ 480 km
south-southeast of Santo Domingo. Maximum sustained winds were near 45
mph/ 72 kmh with higher gusts.

2. At 1200 GMT, the following warnings/watches were in effect:

3. Tropical Storm Watch in effect along the southern coasts of the
Dominican Republic and Haiti from Punta Palenque, westward to Tiburon on
the western tip of the Tiburon Peninsula of 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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