VietNam: Storms [DHA-01: 23-Aug-96]

          VIET NAM - TYPHOON FRANKIE AND NIKKI
           DHA GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO 1
                     23 AUGUST 1996


1.   THE UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE IN HANOI REPORTS THAT THE MINISTRY
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TODAY RELEASED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON THE TWO
ABOVE MENTIONED TYPHOONS.

2.,  ON 24 JULY TYPHOON FRANKIE HIT THAI BINH, NAM HA AND NINH BINH
PROVINCES. AND CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE. ALSO THE PROVINCES OF  HAI PHONG,
THAN HOA, QUANG NINH, HA TAY AND HAI HUNG WERE AFFECTED.

3.   ON 22 AUGUST TYPHOON NIKKI STRUCK THE NORTH-CENTRAL COAST OF VIET
NAM. HOWEVER, IT WAS REPORTED THAT NIKKI LOST MUCH OF ITS STRENGHT AND
PROCEEDED INLAND AS A MINOR RAINSTORM.

4. THE AUTHORITIES REPORT A TOTAL OF 194 PEOPLE KILLED AND 446 INJURED.
MORE THAN 40,000 HOUSES WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED, WHILST MORE THAN
483,000 HOUSES WERE DAMAGED.  OVER 450,000 HECTAR OF CROPS WERE DAMAGED,
WITH 50,000 HECTAR OF FIELDS COMPLETELY LOST.

5.   UNDP, WFP AND UNICEF ARE PLANNING MISSIONS TO CENTRAL COAST,
NORTHWEST PROVINCES AND HO CHI MIHN CITY DURING THE COMMING DAYS.

6.   NO APPEAL FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE WAS MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT OF
VIET NAM.

7.   HOWEVER, THE VIETNAMESE RED CROSS, THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL
FEDERATION OF RED CROSS, HAS LAUNCHED AN APPEAL FOR EMERGENCY RELIEF
AMOUNTING TO US DOLLARS 579,000

8.   THE UNDP REPRESENTATIVE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION AND
FORWARD INFORMATION AS IT BECOMES VAILABLE.

9.   FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES, DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM
DHA-GENEVA, AS INDICATED BELOW, OF BILATERAL RELIEF
MISSIONS/PLEDGES/CONTRIBUTIONS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING VALUE BY ITEM.


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