VietNam: Typhoons [DHA-07: 08-Nov-96]
VietNam: Typhoons [DHA-07: 08-Nov-96]
VIETNAM - TYPHOONS AND TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS
DHA-GENEVA SITUATION REPORT NO. 7
8 NOVEMBER 1996
CENTRAL PROVINCES
1. CENTRAL COMMITTEE FOR FLOOD AND STORM CONTROL (CCFSC) OF
THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT REPORTED THAT, IN EARLY MORNING
OF 3 NOVEMBER, A TROPICAL LOW PRESSURE STORM LANDED ON THE
COAST OF CENTRAL PROVINCES OF VIETNAM. HEAVY RAINS CAUSED
SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE PROVINCES OF QUANG NAM - DA NANG,
QUANG NGAI, BINH DINH, THUA THIEN-HUE AND KON TUM.
2. AS AT 3 NOVEMBER, COUPLED WITH DAMAGES RESULTED FROM
ANOTHER TROPICAL LOW PRESSURE STORM OF 21 OCTOBER AND
FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINS FROM 22 OCTOBER TO 1 NOVEMBER
AFFECTING CENTRAL PROVINCES OF THUA THIEN-HUE, QUANG NAM -
DA NANG AND QUANG TRI, MORE THAN 60 HUMAN LIVES HAVE BEEN
LOST. A LARGE NUMBER OF HOUSES, MANY PARTS OF MAJOR AND
LOCAL ROADS AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE HAVE BEEN SUBMERGED.
3. WITHIN ONE MONTH, HUE CITY HAS BEEN SUBMERGED THREE
TIMES. MANY PLACES WERE SUBMERGED FROM 1.5 TO 1.8 METERS
DEEP. SOME TOWNS WERE ENTIRELY ISOLATED FOR SEVERAL DAYS,
SUCH AS THE TOWN OF KHAM DUC WHICH WAS ISOLATED FOR 8
DAYS. IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS, HEAVY RAINS CAUSED FLASH
FLOODS, DAMAGING RICE FIELDS CURRENTLY BEING HARVESTED.
4. IN QUANG NAM - DA NANG PROVINCE, 78 FISHING BOATS WERE
MISSING DUE TO THE STORM OF 3 NOVEMBER. CCFSC REQUESTED
MINISTRY OF DEFENSE TO ASSIST THE PROVINCE IN SEARCHES.
MORE INFORMATION IS BEING COLLECTED ON THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY
THE LATEST STORM.
MEKONG DELTA
5. ACCORDING TO CCFSC'S CONSOLIDATED DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
REPORT, BETWEEN 29 SEPTEMBER AND 2 NOVEMBER, 162 LIVES HAVE
BEEN LOST. MORE THAN 750,000 HOUSES HAVE BEEN SUBMERGED, OF
WHICH 149,000 HOUSES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED AND 317 HOUSES HAVE
COLLAPSED. MORE THAN 26,000 HECTARES OF RICE FIELD HAVE
BEEN DESTROYED, AND MORE THAN 800,000 HEADS OF LIVESTOCK
HAVE BEEN LOST. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO IRRIGATION CANALS HAS
BEEN REPORTED. TOTAL ECONOMIC LOSS HAS BEEN ESTIMATED TO BE
USD 138 MILLION (VND 1,508 BILLION).
NORTHERN PROVINCES
6. IFRC REPORTED THAT THE DISTRIBUTION OF RICE AND CLOTHING
TO 37,000 BENEFICIARIES IN NORTHERN PROVINCES OF NAM HA,
THAI BINH, NINH BINH, THANH HOA AND HOA BINH HAS BEEN
COMPLETED, AND THE SECOND PHASE , SUPPLYING MEDICAL KITS
AND OTHER RELIEF ITEMS, WILL BEGIN SHORTLY.
7. DHA IS PREPARED TO SERVE AS A CHANNEL FOR CASH
CONTRIBUTIONS TO BE USED DURING THE IMMEDIATE RELIEF PHASE.
FUNDS ARE SPENT IN COORDINATION WITH RELEVANT ORGANIZATIONS
OF THE UN SYSTEM, AND DHA PROVIDES DONOR GOVERNMENTS WITH
WRITTEN CONFIRMATION ON UTILIZATION OF FUNDS CONTRIBUTED.
8. FUNDS SHOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO DHA ACCOUNT NO. CO. 590.
160.1 AT SWISS BANK CORPORATION, CASE POSTALE 2770, CH-1211
GENEVA 2 WITH REFERENCE: VIETNAM FLOODS, DHA GENEVA.
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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