OCHA Situation Report No. 9
Hurricane Lili - The Caribbean
3 October 2002


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

1. The National Weather Center in Miami reports that at 13:00 GMT today,
the center of Hurricane Lili was located near latitude 29.4 north,
longitude 92.2 west, or about 50 miles south-southwest of New Iberia,
Louisiana. Maximum sustained winds are near 100 mph with higher gusts.

2. Hurricane Warning: is in effect from east of High Island, Texas, to the
mouth of the Mississippi River.

3. Tropical Storm Warning: is in effect from east of the mouth of the
Mississippi River to the Alabama/Florida border, including New Orleans and
lake Pontchartrain.

4. Cuba: The United Nations Resident Coordinator reports that 385,323
persons have been evacuated as a result of Hurricane Lili. The hurricane
severely battered the Isle of Youth and the western province of Pinar del
Rio, which had been struck and damaged a week earlier by Hurricane
Isidore.

5. The Civil Defense reports that 56,294 persons have been lodged at
shelters run by the Government, where they receive full board and medical
attention. 376,554 animals, including 237,976 cows, have been taken to
secure places.

6. No fatality or accident was reported during the evacuation effort.
Homes and buildings sustained heavy damage, as well as agriculture and
communications. After the compounding impact of Hurricanes Isidore and
Lili, the citrus harvest, the mainstay of the Isle of Youth, has been
destroyed.

7. Jamaica: According to PAHO/WHO, some 1,500 persons are still in
shelters.


International Response

8. A United Nations Inter-Agency mission will carry out a damage
assessment in Pinar del Rio. Another assessment mission will be fielded to
the Isle of Youth.

9. 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.

10. This situation report, together with further information on ongoing
emergencies, is also available on the OCHA Internet Website at
http://www.reliefweb.int



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  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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