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China - Typhoon Vera Sep 1989 UNDRO Information Reports 1-2

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UNDRO 89/1902
CHINA - TYPHOON VERA
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
19 SEPTEMBER 1989

1. TYPHOON 'VERA' ON 17/09 HIT COASTAL PROVINCE OF ZHEJIANG AND CAUSED FLOODS WHICH AFFECTED 37 COUNTIES AND ISOLATED OVER 700 VILLAGES.

2. INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGE DESCRIBED AS 162 PERSONS DEAD, 354 MISSING, 696 INJURED AND 7 MILLION PEOPLE AFFECTED. 392,000 PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED IN INACCESSIBLE AREAS.

3. 133,000 HOUSES COLLAPSED/DAMAGED. 430 KM COASTAL DYKES IN 4,000 PLACES AND 174 KM IRRIGATION DITCHES, AND 536 BRIDGES DESTROYED. 346,000 HA FARMLANDS AFFECTED AND 69,000 MT GRAIN WASHED AWAY. TOTAL ECONOMIC LOSS ESTIMATED AT US DLRS 350 MILLION.

ESSAAFI UNDRO GENEVA 28148

DPR 310 CHA

UNDRO 89/1996

CHINA - TYPHOON VERA
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 2
29 SEPTEMBER 1989

1. MINISTRY CIVIL AFFAIRS REPORT THAT TYPHOON ALSO HIT JIANGSU PROVINCE WHERE 34 PERSONS DEAD, 2,000 INJURED, 590,000 HA OF FARMLAND AFFECTED. TOTAL ECONOMIC LOSSES IN ZHEJIANG AND JIANGSU PROVINCES ESTIMATED AT US DRLS 485,000.

2. GENERAL NEEDS IN TWO PROVINCES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

RELIEF FUND
FOOD
200,000 MT
FERTILIZER
50,000 MT
TIMBER
40,000 CBM
STEEL
3,500 MT
NAILS
300 MT
METAL WIRES
350 MT
ELECTRIC WIRE
500 MT
COAL
150,000 MT
SUGAR
5,000 MT
CAUSTIC SODA
1,500 MT
SODA
1,500 MT
  1. SINCE BOTH PROVINCES ARE AFFECTED BY PREVIOUS FLOODS IN JULY (REF: UNDRO SITREP NO.5 OF 6 SEPTEMBER.), RELIEF OPERATION BY GOVT ON GOING BUT WITH DIFFICULTIES.

4. GOVT PREPARED TO ACCEPT INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE, BUT LIST OF EMERGENCY RELIEF REQUIREMENTS STILL TO BE CLARIFIED.

ESSAAFI UNDRO GENEVA 28148

DPR 310 CHA