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UN Urges More Aid For Central America After Hurricane Stan
A senior UN disaster relief official on Wednesday urged donors to do more to help countries hit last month by hurricane Stan. "Tens of thousands of people in Central America continue to suffer the ravages of hurricane Stan," said Yvette Stevens, the United Nations' assistant emergency relief coordinator. "The international community must do even more to meet the needs of the most vulnerable," she said. "The poorest and most vulnerable -- those with the fewest coping mechanisms -- have been the most affected by this disaster. And while there have been many demands on our attention as humanitarians this year, we must once more step forward to meet their needs." Stan lashed Central America and Mexico with days of relentless rain from October 1, triggering floods and landslides which claimed more than 2,000 lives in hardest-hit Guatemala and 125 more in El Salvador, Mexico and Nicaragua. A month on from the disaster, nearly 32,000 people in Guatemala and more than 15,000 in El Salvador have been unable to return home, said the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Damage estimates in Guatemala amount to more than 400 million dollars (330 million euros), while in El Salvador, where the hurricane coincided with the eruption of one of the country's largest volcanoes, crop damage alone has been estimated at 10 million dollars, said OCHA. In the storm's aftermath, the UN launched a 24 million dollar appeal for aid operations in Guatemala, and a separate 13.7 million appeal for El Salvador. "International response to the two appeals to date has been mixed," OCHA said, adding that donors have come up with 60 percent of the money needed in Guatemala, but only 30 percent of what is required in El Salvador. All rights reserved. � 2005 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse. Related Links TerraDaily Search TerraDaily Subscribe To TerraDaily Express 
Hurricane Stan Pounds Mexico After Killing 56 In Central America
San Andres Tuxtla, Mexico (AFP) Oct 04, 2005Hurricane Stan slammed ashore on Mexico's oil-rich Gulf coast Tuesday, drenching much of the country's south after killing at least 56 people across Central America.
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