ภัยพิบัติ: GDACS Daily Newsletter for 10/23/2009

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 10/23/2009

This daily newsletter provides an overview of the natural disasters that happened in the last 24 hours and response measures for ongoing disasters. GDACS currently covers earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones, volcanic eruptions and floods. The color coding (red, orange, green) is related to the estimated humanitarian impact of the event.

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Disaster events in the last 24 hours

GDACS detected the following potential disasters. For up-to-date media coverage, latest maps and ReliefWeb content related to these disasters, please go to GDACS homepage.

Earthquakes (source JRC, USGS and EMSC)

Automatic impact report

Afghanistan, (M 6.2, depth 196.5km847000 people)
NEIC—Thursday, October 22, 2009 7:51:00 PM UTC

Documents from other organisations

News (provided by EMM)

Strong quake strikes Afghanistan and Pakistan
msnbc 23 Oct 2009 new

A strong earthquake centered in the Hindu Kush mountains shakes a wide area of eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan, swaying buildings in the nations' capitals.

Strong earthquake strikes Afghanistan and Pakistan
AP 10 hours ago new

KABUL (AP) -- A strong earthquake centered in the towering Hindu Kush mountains shook a wide area of eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan early Friday, swaying buildings in the Afghan and Pakistani capitals....

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Current tropical cyclones (source JRC and Pacific Disaster Center)

Automatic impact report

NEKI-09
PDC—23 Oct 2009 new

News (provided by EMM)

Tropical Storm Rick hits Mexico
usaToday 13 hours ago
Tropical Storm Rick hit Mexico's Pacific coast just north of the resort of Mazatlan on Wednesday, toppling trees and signs, after ...

Weakened Tropical Storm Rick nears Mexico resorts (AP)
news-yahoo 22 hours ago
AP - Once-powerful Hurricane Rick lost most of its punch as it headed toward Mexican resort regions as a tropical storm Tuesday, but local authorities still prepared for evacuations in case of flooding.

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Automatic impact report

LUPIT-09
PDC—23 Oct 2009 new

News (provided by EMM)

Philippine Army mobilizes troops, equipment for typhoon "Ramil"
peopledaily 20 hours ago new

The Philippine Army began mobilizing troops on Thursday in order to avoid losses and destructions that may be caused by typhoon "Ramil" (international code name: Lupit), which is expected to hit the Northern part of the country in the coming days. Army chief Lt Gen Delfin N Bangit assessed troop....

AID EFFORTS
alertnet 22 hours ago
World Vision calls off relief team trip due to landslide fears. Northern and Central Luzon areas conduct pre-emptive evacuation. MANILA - As Tropical Storm Lupit (local name: Ramil) continues to gain strength as it approaches the northern tip of Luzon, families, communities, government agencies and aid agencies are braced for more of nature's fury.

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Discussions in Virtual OSOCC

The GDACS Virtual OSOCC is a forum for emergency managers. The following emergencies are currently open.

No open emergencies

ReliefWeb Situation Reports

More content on ongoing disasters on ReliefWeb.

Samoa/Tonga: Tsunami OCHA Situation Report No. 11 23 Oct 2009 11:29:26 PM
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Colombia: OCHA Informe semanal de situacion humanitaria No 40, 41, 05 -18 de octubre de 2009 22 Oct 2009 11:45:59 PM
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Colombia: OCHA Weekly Humanitarian Report No. 40, 41, 05 - 18 Oct 2009 22 Oct 2009 11:28:51 PM
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

UNOSAT Maps

See all maps produced by UNOSAT.

No content published since yesterday.

ReliefWeb Maps

More maps in ReliefWeb Map Centre.

Indonesia: Sumatra Earthquake - Admin Map - Lima Puluh Koto - OCHA Pcodes (as of 19 Oct 2009) 22 Oct 2009 2:25:20 PM
Source: MapAction
Format: pdf
Date: 22 Oct 2009
Size: 1268 Kb

Somalia - Food Aid Distributions (August 2009) 22 Oct 2009 2:18:36 PM
Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Format: pdf
Date: 22 Oct 2009
Size: 327 Kb

Somalia - Nutrition Treatment Interventions (as of 31 Aug 2009) 22 Oct 2009 1:52:54 PM
Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Format: pdf
Date: 22 Oct 2009
Size: 286 Kb

Somalia - Food Aid Distributions (September 2009) 22 Oct 2009 1:46:37 PM
Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Format: pdf
Date: 22 Oct 2009
Size: 353 Kb

World: Reported cumulative number of confirmed fatal cases of influenza A(H1N1)v and country reporting status by country (as of 21 Oct 2009) 22 Oct 2009 12:15:19 PM
Source: European Union
Format: pdf
Date: 22 Oct 2009
Size: 154 Kb

Sudan: Darfur Crisis Rain Timeline (as of 22 Oct 2009) 22 Oct 2009 8:26:53 AM
Source: Famine Early Warning System Network, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Agency for International Development
Format: pdf
Date: 22 Oct 2009
Size: 729 Kb

Typhoon Lupit - Past and Forecast Track (as of 22 Oct 2009) 22 Oct 2009 8:07:23 AM
Source: Tropical Storm Risk
Format: pdf
Date: 22 Oct 2009
Size: 45 Kb

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Created on 10/23/2009 9:00:48 AM.