GDACS Daily Newsletter for 1/25/2010

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 1/25/2010

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 Haiti, (M 4.7, depth 4.1km, 5 million people) NEIC—Sunday, January 24, 2010 9:51:00 PM UTC Documents from other organisations

News (provided by EMM) US, Brazilian troops hand out aid in Haiti slum dailytimesPK  Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:56:00 +0100 PORT-AU-PRINCE: US soldiers and Brazilian UN troops handed out food and water in one of Haiti?s largest slums on Sunday amid criticism that aid was not getting to earthquake victims fast enough. Survivors camped out in filthy conditions in about 300 makeshift shelters across Haiti?s shattered capital, Port-au-Prince. Aid workers try to ramp up Haiti relief efforts Search for survivors ends as first official death toll put at 111,000. PORT-AU-PRINCE - International aid workers looked to speed up relief efforts in Haiti on Sunday after criticism that food, water and medicine was not getting to victims 12 days after a devastating earthquake. nineoclock  Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:22:00 +0100 Aid workers try to ramp up Haiti relief efforts Search for survivors ends as first official death toll put at 111,000. published in issue 4604 page 6 at 2010-01-25 PORT-AU-PRINCE - International aid workers looked to speed up relief efforts in Haiti on Sunday after criticism that food, water and.... See all 227 items...

Current tropical cyclones (source JRC and Pacific Disaster Center)

Automatic impact report OLGA-10 in SWPacific PDC—24 Jan 2010 Tropical Storm OLGA-10 affected 163 thousand people with winds above 39mph (63 km/h) and few people with hurricane wind strengths (74mph or 119 km/h). In addition, few people are living in coastal areas below 5m and can therefore be affected by storm surge.

News (provided by EMM) Caybrew assists Red Cross with drinking water caycompass  2008-01-02T15:40+0100 In response to the devastations caused by Hurricane Noel and Tropical Storm Olga, the Cayman Islands Red Cross has launched a relief campaign and joined forces with Caybrew Tropical Storm Olga and Hurricane Noel displace 61,000 in Dominican Republic reliefWeb  2007-12-31T08:46+0100 By Michael Kavanagh and Blue Chevigny LA VEGA, Dominican Republic, 19 December 2007 Approximately 61,000 people have been displaced from their homes in the Dominican Republic in the wake of two major storms that have hit the Caribbean nation since early November. See all 143 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.

Haiti - Earthquake 7.0-7.2M - January 2010 12-Jan-2010 23:20

Albania, Floods 7-Jan-2010 18:55

Hurricane Ida - Nicaragua Nov 2009 12-Nov-2009 11:32

El Salvador - Mudslides and Flash Floods (Hurricane IDA) 9-Nov-2009 17:15

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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 - Population Movements out of Port-au-Prince (as of 24 January 2010) Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:56:59 GMT Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Format: pdf Date: 25 Jan 2010 Size: 605 Kb

USG Humanitarian Assistance To Haiti for the Earthquake (as of 24 Jan 2010) Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:24:28 GMT Source: United States Agency for International Development Format: pdf Date: 25 Jan 2010 Size: 1660 Kb

Haiti - Earthquake-Affected Areas (as of 24 January 2010) Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:48:03 GMT Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Format: pdf Date: 24 Jan 2010 Size: 583 Kb

Haiti: Flash Appeal Funding Snapshot (as of 24 Jan 2010) Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:43:41 GMT Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Format: pdf Date: 24 Jan 2010 Size: 204 Kb

Haiti - Population Movements out of Port-au-Prince (as of 24 January 2010) Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:30:10 GMT Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Format: pdf Date: 24 Jan 2010 Size: 605 Kb

USG Humanitarian Assistance to Haiti for the Earthquake (as of 23 Jan 2010) Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:01:07 GMT Source: United States Agency for International Development Format: pdf Date: 24 Jan 2010 Size: 200 Kb

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Created on 1/25/2010 8:02:28 AM.