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Beyond the many sources of news on the World Wide Web about this unprecedented
catastrophe, the following sites offer additional country-specific details,
as well as information about relief an recovery needs and operations:
General
http://wwwnotes.reliefweb.int/
Official updates, requests, and background information from the United
Nations ReliefWeb site.
http://www.paho.org/english/ped/pedhome.htm
http://www.paho.org/english/media.htm
Information on recovery and media updates from the Pan American Health Organization.
mailto:disasterinfo@paho.org
PAHO's DisasterInfo e-mail list, providing subscribers with current
information about disasters and disaster management in Latin America and the Caribbean.
http://www.hurricanemitch.org
A site created to facilitate response and recovery to this disaster.
http://cindi.usgs.gov/events/index.html
The U.S. Geological Survey's Center for Integration of Natural Disaster
Information's "Hurricane Mitch Atlas," with maps of the hurricane path,
consolidated regional infrastructure, roads, streams and reservoirs, the
regional electrical network, utility lines, airports and cities, land use,
volcanoes, and various dimensions of potential flood risk.
Honduras
http://www.un.hn/mitch
The site for the United Nations Hurricane Mitch Information Center Honduras
- offers situations reports, needs assessments, accounts of U.N. and other
international response operations, and a list of other useful Web sites.
http://www.mitch.hn
The Honduras Hurricane Mitch Web site - with official information about
the disaster and contact information regarding institutions authorized to
accept donations.
http://www.gbm.hn/
Data on the devastation and requests for aid from the government of
Honduras, Office of the President.
http://www.honduras.com/weather
News, including local information, about the disaster, discussion
and a means for contributing to the relief effort.
http://www.copeco.hondunet.net/index.html
The site of COPECO, the Permanent Emergency Commission of Honduras -
the agency within the country in charge of coordinating international
response. The site includes an extensive list of needed supplies.
http://www.hondudata.com/
http://www.hondudata.com/mitch/da=A7os_content.htm
http://www.hondudata.com/mitch/mapas/division.htm
Extensive summary data on Hurricane Mitch, maps, lists of needs, and
information about donating money and supplies.
http://www.soshonduras.hn
A plea for aid and information on how to help.
Nicaragua
http://www.ops.org.ni/desastre/indexnew.htm
Information from the Pan American Health Organization Office in
Nicaragua on the consequences for that country.
Costa Rica
http://www.cne.go.cr
Information from Costa Rica's Comision Nacional de Emergencias.
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