Emergency Assistance to The Bahamas for Hurricane Disaster Relief

October 1, 1999

On September 30 (Thu.), the Government of Japan decided to extend emergency material grant assistance worth about 9,500,000 yen comprising plastic sheets, carpenter's tools and generators to the Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
Hurricane Floyd swept across the Bahamas from September 14 to 15, leaving great damage mainly in the northwestern part of the Islands. According to the Government of The Bahamas, there were two persons dead, 10 people missing, about 30,000 (about 10.7% of the population of 280,000) afflicted, several thousand houses totally or partly destroyed, many public facilities such as schools and hospitals damaged, electricity and telephone lines cut in many places, and agricultural land and crops severely damaged.
The Government of The Bahamas has therefore begun its own relief activities, and as the true extent of the damage has gradually emerged, the government has requested emergency assistance from the international community including Japan.
The Government of Japan has decided to extend this emergency assistance from a humanitarian point of view, taking account of the seriousness of the disaster and the friendly relations between Japan and the Bahamas.

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