Stan

international | environment | news report

Thursday October 06, 2005 12:21

by iosaf

(category one tropical storm route through the gulf of mexico to central america)

Stan, the storm after Rita has killed at least 150 people in Central America last night.

The countries and areas affected include -
Guatemala, San Salvador, Chiapas in Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua.

El Salvador has just seen its largest Volcano erupt and is recording the most deaths.
32,045 evacuees are presently in 309 temporary shelters. The rain is not stopping movement is very difficult. Both El Salvador and its neighbour Guatemala are in states of emergency.

Guatemala:
the rain has not stopped, landslides are starting, 63 villages are evacuated, 6000 on the road, 200 disappeared, 34,900 effected, at least 79 deaths nationally.

El Salvador:
62 dead, in the last night the government estimates of those effected has jumped from 16,700 to 40,637 Most of the land surface (estimated at 70%) is now at threat from landslides over 600 roads have collapsed (lost thier foundations).
in the country's capital San Salvador there are already 7,500 evacuees from the volcanic eruption
a figure expected to grow to 30,000. The state volcano alert service says the mountain is behaving "anomolously" indicative of a series of explosions within the crater area, sulpher emissions are slightly down. The alert continues at "red" and the zone of 4km around the crater is to be evacuated.
http://www.snet.gob.sv/Geologia/Vulcanologia/actividadrecientevsa.php

Nicaragua :
has reported 9 deaths of whom 6 are believed to have been Ecuadorian migrants (illegal) who lived on a small island off the coast.

Honduras :
is in a state of emergency and much of its land surface is at risk from landslides. 7 of the 18 provinces effected. 4 confirmed deaths, 3 of whom were children.

Mexico, estimates between 8 and 10 deaths, Chiapas has reported 6 deaths, 2 more in Oaxaca and more expected in Veracruz. Landslides have been reported in San Salvador and San Cristóbal de las Casas (chiapas).

President Fox went to visit the flood hit areas in Chiapas.

which brings me to :-

Chiapas (((imc))) on the last day:
"after the media boom which came with the hurricanes which hit the southern coast of the USA a situation of the most serious nature is happening in el Salvador, if this was Michigan we'd know what the mayor was saying"
http://chiapas.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=115402

indeed.
These "gulf states" need money, attention, help, assistance. the indifferent power of nature has not punished them for god. They're good folks.
Now lets the TV specials run.