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Chile: Flood: 2002/05/27 Country Information on DRR

Period 2002/05/27
Country or District Chile
Event Type Flood
Outline According to the report issued by the National Emergency Office (ONEMI) on 27 May, heavy rains fell over the weekend in the central and southern Chile, affecting 3,655 people.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others
OCHA Situation Report No.3 2002/06/07
Affected: 199,511 poeple

Evacuated: 49,310 people
(Sheltered: 7,685 people)
Dead: 12 persons
Missing: 221 people

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Report/Articles

OCHA Situation Report No.3 2002/06/07
According to the report issued by ONEMI on 6 June, the impact on people and housing is.

OCHA Situation Report No.2 2002/06/05
Nine people dead, and more than forty-one thousand people evacuated.

CNN news 2002/06/04
9 Chileans died and thousands were forced from their homes in storms.

Agence France-Presse 2002/06/03
Death toll from bad weather in Chile rises to nine

OCHA Situation Report No.1 2002/05/28
The Government of Chile has not requested international assistance.