OCHA Situation Report No. 4
Dominican Republic: Tropical Storm Noel
6 November 2007


This situation report is based on information received from the National
Emergency Commission and member institutions from the Emergency
Operations Centre and United Nations agencies in country.

HIGHLIGHTS

- Latest figures indicate 85 people killed, approximately 67,000 people
evacuated and 48 unaccounted for.

- Approximately, USD 10.7 million in cash contributions provided so far,
of which USD 7.6 million by the Government of the Dominican Republic.

SITUATION

1. Climate conditions: Latest reports from the National Meteorology
Office - Oficina Nacional de Meteorologia (ONAMET), indicated that a low
pressure system associated with Noel remains stationed over the eastern
part of Cuba. Light precipitation continues in the Dominican Republic,
with likely isolated showers in the southeastern, southwestern,
northwestern and southern Cordillera regions for the next two days.

2. Affected area: The Commitee for Special Operations - Comite de
Operaciones Especiales (COE) maintains a red alert for the Distrito
Nacional, Santo Domingo and another 28 provinces.

3. Impact:

|-------------+-------------------------+---------|
|National     |                         |         |
|Emergency    |                         |         |
|Commission - |                         |         |
|Comision     |                         |         |
|Nacional de  |                         |         |
|Emergencia   |                         |         |
|(CNE)        |                         |         |
|Bulletin 16  |                         |         |
|(11:00 AM on |                         |         |
|4 November   |                         |         |
|2007)        |                         |         |
|-------------+-------------------------+---------|
|Persons      |                         |       85|
|killed       |                         |         |
|-------------+-------------------------+---------|
|Persons      |                         |       48|
|missing      |                         |         |
|-------------+-------------------------+---------|
|Persons      |                         |    4,406|
|rescued      |                         |         |
|-------------+-------------------------+---------|
|Persons      |In shelters              |23,375(1)|
|displaced    |                         |         |
|-------------+-------------------------+---------|
|             |In homes of family       |   43,233|
|             |members and friends      |         |
|-------------+-------------------------+---------|
|             |Total                    |   66,608|
|-------------+-------------------------+---------|
|Affected     |Slight damage            |   15,915|
|homes        |                         |         |
|-------------+-------------------------+---------|
|             |Destroyed                |      737|
|-------------+-------------------------+---------|
|             |Total                    |   16,652|
|-------------+-------------------------+---------|
|Shelters     |                         |      126|
|ready        |                         |         |
|-------------+-------------------------+---------|
|Cut-off      |                         |      137|
|communities  |                         |         |
|-------------+-------------------------+---------|
|Affected     |                         |       46|
|bridges and  |                         |         |
|roads        |                         |         |
|-------------+-------------------------+---------|


Health, water and sanitation

4. Continuing to evaluate needs in different provinces for medicine
provision, but the areas of Bahoruco, Tamayo, Neyba and Bajo Yuna remain
cut off.

5. The National Institute for Potable Water and Sewage - Instituto
Nacional de Aguas Potables y Alcantarillados (INAPA) reports that
Tropical Storm "Noel" affected 155 of 368 water systems in the country,
and another 52 are down due to a lack of electricity.

6. Nearly 65% of water systems have problems, of which 38 have thus far
been repaired. INAPA has established 34% of water supply services, 110
water systems are still damaged, 73 are out of service, and 11 are
partially functioning. INAPA held a national program to distribute water
with the use of 42 trucks, and ensures that in three weeks provisional
solutions will be adopted regarding 65 water systems, while definitive
repairs will take approximately two months.

7. The Corporation for Water and Sewage of Santo Domingo - Corporacion
del Acueducto y Alcantarillado de Santo Domingo (CAASD) says that the
provision of potable water is practically normalized in most of the
capital, as daily production increased to more than 370 million gallons.
In addition, CAASD is announcing a Crisis Mitigation Plan involving
water trucking, distribution of water bottles and tanks to residents in
areas still lacking service.

Note:(1)According to the Red Cross consolidated shelter report (seen on
page 3), the number of people in temporary shelters has reached 35,319.

For detailed information please contact:

Desk Officer (New York):
Mr. Ignacio Leon
Office Tel: +1 917 367-9960
Office Fax: +1 212 963-36 30 E-mail: leoni@un.org

GCMS (Geneva):
Ms. Aoibheann O'Keeffe
Office Tel: +41 22 917 4329 E-mail: okeeffe@un.org

OCHA Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, Panama:
Mr. Douglas Reimer
Regional Disaster Response Adviser
Office Tel. + (507) 317-1748
Office Fax + (507) 317-1744
Mobile: + (507) 6676-1689
E-mail: reimer@un.org


Press Contact:

(NYC):
Ms. Stephanie Bunker
Office Tel : + 1 917-367-5126 Office Fax: + 1 212-963-1312 Email:
bunker@un.org

(Geneva):
Ms. Elizabeth Byrs
Office Tel + 41 22 917 26 53 Office Fax + 41 22 917 00 20 E-mail:
byrs@un.org

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