GDACS Daily Newsletter for 1/18/2010

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 1/18/2010

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 Chile, (M 6.3, depth 10km, unpopulated) NEIC—Sunday, January 17, 2010 12:00:00 PM UTC Documents from other organisations

News (provided by EMM) LATIN AMERICA:: From Peacekeeping to Humanitarian Relief in Haiti ipsnews  Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:46:00 +0100 RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 14 (IPS) - Two planes from Brazil carrying 21 tons of food and water were to head to Haiti Thursday, as part of an air bridge to provide humanitarian assistance to the Caribbean island nation in the wake of the deadly earthquake that has claimed an untold number of lives. More than 1,400 Canadians still missing in Haiti antiguanews  Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:06:00 +0100 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A total of 1,415 Canadians are still missing in Haiti days after a devastating earthquake struck the Caribbean country, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said Friday. Four Canadians have died and 13 others were wounded. Fifty have sought refugee in the Canadian.... See all 23 items...

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Discussions in Virtual OSOCC

The GDACS Virtual OSOCC is a forum for emergency managers. If you are involved in an ongoing emergency as a local emergency management authority or as an international responder, please provide your information in the GDACS Virtual OSOCC. The following emergencies are currently open.

No open emergencies

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ReliefWeb Situation Reports

More content on ongoing disasters on ReliefWeb.

No content published since yesterday.

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UNOSAT Maps

See all maps produced by UNOSAT.

No content published since yesterday.

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ReliefWeb Maps

More maps in ReliefWeb Map Centre.

Haiti Earthquake: Potentially-Affected Areas outside Port-au-Prince (as of 15 Jan 2010) Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:06:48 GMT Source: United Nations World Food Programme Format: pdf Date: 17 Jan 2010 Size: 1694 Kb

USG Humanitarian Assistance to Haiti for the Earthquake (as of 16 Jan 2010) Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:25:08 GMT Source: United States Agency for International Development Format: pdf Date: 17 Jan 2010 Size: 172 Kb

Haiti: Earthquake 2010 - Infrastructure and Logistics Report (as of 16 Jan 2010) Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:20:09 GMT Source: Information Management and Mine Action Programs Format: pdf Date: 17 Jan 2010 Size: 515 Kb

Damage Assessment for Major Buildings/Infrastructure in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (as of 16 Jan 2010) Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:07:37 GMT Source: UNOSAT Format: pdf Date: 17 Jan 2010 Size: 1177 Kb

Haiti: Damage Assessed in Surrounding Towns (as of 16 Jan 2010) Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:21:03 GMT Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Format: pdf Date: 17 Jan 2010 Size: 2877 Kb

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Created on 1/18/2010 8:02:16 AM.