DREF Plan of Action Venezuela: Floods
DREF Plan of Action Venezuela: Floods DREF Operation n° MDRVE005 Glide n°: FL-2021-000132-VEN Expected timeframe: 3 months Date of issue: 2 September 2021 Expected end date: 31 December 2021 IFRC Category allocated to the of the disaster or crisis: Yellow DREF allocated: 214,119 Swiss francs (CHF) Total number of people 54,543 Number of people to be 2,500 (500 families) affected: assisted: States affected: 10 (Mérida, Táchira, Provinces/Regions 3 (Mérida, Bolívar, and Bolívar, Apure, Zulia, Delta targeted: Apure) Amacuro, Carabobo, Yaracuy, Portuguesa, and Sucre) Operating National Society presence (n° of volunteers, staff, branches): The Venezuelan Red Cross (VRC) has 4,000 volunteers and 1,600 employees among 24 branches and 11 subcommittees. In addition, it has 8 hospitals and 34 outpatient clinics. Red Cross Red Crescent Movement partners actively involved in the operation: The Venezuelan Red Cross is coordinating and sharing information with the International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and the German Red Cross. Other partner organizations actively involved in the operation: Venezuela Red Cross is coordinating the response with local authorities, the United, Nations System, and the Ministry of Health. A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster On 23 August, heavy rains were registered due to the passage of the Tropical Wave N°38, which caused floods, landslides, road obstructions, loss of housing, damages to basic services such as water and electricity, among others in ten of the 24 states of the country. As shown in the map above the most affected states include Mérida, Apure, Bolivar, Táchira, Zulia, Delta Amacuro, Carabobo, Yaracuy, Portuguesa, and Sucre.
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