NAHJ has compiled a list of websites, maps, articles, and contacts to aid journalists covering the disastrous flooding and mudslides that have recently affected Guatemala and Central America as a result of Hurricane Stan.
ReliefWeb Fact Sheet: Central America and Mexico - Floods
Q&A with MercyCorps Relief Worker Graham Craft (provides some background information)
Map of Affected Areas in Guatemala
Map of Affected Areas in Central America
UNICEF Article About Relief Efforts in Guatemala
UNICEF Article About Devastation in Central America
MercyCorps Article on Flooding in Central America
Reuters Article on Slow Response Efforts
Contacts at UNICEF
Robert Cohen, Communications Chief, the Americas and the Caribbean, rcohen@unicef.org, (507) 317-0257, 317-0258 or 317-0259
Gordon Weiss, UNICEF World Headquarters, Emergencies, gweiss@unicef.org, (212) 326-7426
Dan Toole, Director of the Office of Emergency Programmes, 212-326-7000
Contacts at U.S. Guatemalan Embassy
List of Guatemalan Media Contacts
press@guatemala-embassy.org
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