The FY 1987 Annual Report of the Office of U.S. Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance was researched, Foreign Disaster Assistance written, and produced by Cynthia Davis, Mark W. Hall, Faye Henderson, Waverly Jackson, Dennis Agency for King, Wesley Mossburg, Joseph O'Connor, Carol lnternatiollal Skowron, Kimberly S. Caulfield Vasconez, and Development Beverly Youmans of Evaluation Technologies In- corporated, Arlington, Virginia, 22201, under Washington, DC 20523 contract number OTR-0000-C-00-3345-00. 1 BEST AVAILABLE CCPY Message from the Director .......................................................................................................................................7 Disaster Preparedness. Mitigation. and Training .................................................................................................... 8 Summary of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance ....................................................................................................... 14 OFDA Emergency Response: Prior-Year (FY 1984. 1985. and 1986) and Non-Declared Disasters ............................................................... 20 FY 1987 Disasters Asia and the Pacific ................................................................................................................................................ 23 Bangladesh Floods ................................................................................................................................................ 24 China Fire ............................................................................................................................................................... 27 Cook Islands Cyclone ........................................................................................................................................... 30 Fiji Cyclone ............................................................................................................................................................ 32 Indonesia Landslide ............................................................................................................................................. 33 Korea, Rep . of, Typhoon/Rains ......................................................................... \ ................................................ 34 Laos Epidemic ....................................................................................................................................................... 35 Malaysia Fire ......................................................................................................................................................... 36 Maldives Floods .................................................................................................................................................... 37 Nepal Floods .......................................................................................................................................................... 39 Papua New Guinea Earthquake ......................................................................................................................... 40 Philippines Typhoon ............................................................................................................................................ 42 Sri Lanka Civil Strife ............................................................................................................................................. 43 Sri Lanka Displaced Persons ...............................................................................................................................44 Tokelau Storm ....................................................................................................................................................... 49 Tuvalu Cyclone ..................................................................................................................................................... 51 Vanuatu Cyclone ................................................................................................................................................ 52 Europe ...................................................................................................................................................................... 56 Poland Accident .................................................................................................................................................... 57 Latin America and the Caribbean ............................................................................................................................ 59 Argentina Forest Fires .......................................................................................................................................... 60 Argentina Storm .................................................................................................................................................... 62 Bermuda Hurricane .............................................................................................................................................. 63 Chile Floods ........................................................................................................................................................... 64 Ecuador Earthquake ............................................................................................................................................. 67 El Salvador Earthquake ..................................................................................................................................... 74 Haiti Civil Strife ................................................................................................................................................. 100 Haiti Floods ....................................................................................................................................................... 101 Panama Floods .................................................................................................................................................... 102 Venezuela Landslide ...................................................................................................................................... 103 Africa and the Near East ....................................................................................................................................... 105 Africa and Near East Insect Infestation ...........................................................................................................106 Burkina Faso .................................................................................................................................................106 Cameroon ................................................................................................................................................ 107 Chad ...............................................................................................................................................................108 Ethiopia .........................................................................................................................................................110 The Gambia ...................................................................................................................................................112 Guinea-Bissau ...............................................................................................................................................115 Mali ................................................................................................................................................................116 . Mauritania .................................................................................................................................................... 118 Niger ..............................................................................................................................................................120 Senegal ........................................................................................................................................................... 122 Sudan ............................................................................................................................................................. 124 Yemen Arab Republic ................................................................................................................................. 125 Benin Epidemic ................................................................................................................................................... 127 Botswana Drought .............................................................................................................................................. 128 Chad Rat Infestation ...................................................................................... ........................................... 129 Equatorial Guinea Fire ....................................................................................................................................... 131 Ethiopia Drought I.............................................................................................................................................. 132 Ethiopia Drought I1 ............................................................................................................................................. 133 Guinea-Bissau