China (ASCN71) 1/98 Dear Colleagues, When Typhoon Winnie struck the provinces of Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangsu and Shandong on 18 August 1997, it was the worst storm to hit the area in 200 years. Its...
Summary of New Appeal for DPR Korea 5959.00 (1 April 1998 through 31 March 1999) Synopsis Project Number/Title: DPRK 5959 "Emergency Assistance for Vulnerable Groups" 4. BENEFICIARIES The following...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), Guam worked very hard in 1997 to improve its data management processes. Our goal is to get the raw environmental data inhouse, processed,...
DPRK Situation Report U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID) 2 Dec. 1997 U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID) BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN...
SPECIAL REPORT ° Korea DPR faces grim food outlook for 1998 as food production falls for third year running ° Worst drought in decades reduces 1997 maize output to lowest on record. ° Food production...
China Typhoon Winnie - ASCN71 Appeal Target : US$ 100,000 Geneva, September 22, 1997 Dear Friends, Typhoon Winnie which made landfall on August 18 night, affected 30 million people in the provinces...
Situation Update A clearer picture is emerging of the food crisis in North Korea, with eyewitness accounts relating a grim prognosis for the coming harvests while attesting that international food...
FAO and the World Food Programme expressed "very serious alarm" September 12 over food shortages in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, where drought and a destructive typhoon will again...
EDT. ///// ///// USE OPTS FOR LONG. ///// INTRO: THE U-N FOOD AGENCIES WARNED FRIDAY NORTH KOREA FACES CONTINUED, SERIOUS FOOD SHORTAGES. AS PEGGY POLK REPORTS FROM ROME, THE AGENCIES ARE EXPRESSING...
Background Further evidence emerging last week from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) leaves little doubt that the nation faces a significant food crisis with the potential to...