GDACS Daily Newsletter for 1/6/2010

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 1/6/2010

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 Solomon Is., (M 6.0, depth 37.3km, 48000 people) NEIC—Tuesday, January 05, 2010 1:11:00 PM UTC Documents from other organisations	News (provided by EMM) 6.1 magnitude aftershock strikes near Solomon Islands abc-au  Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:39:00 +0100 A strong aftershock has struck near the Solomon Islands, hours after a powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake rattled the area, according to seismologists. Officials assess tsunami damage nzherald  Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:01:00 +0100 Officials in helicopters flew over remote coastlines in the Solomon Islands yesterday assessing the damage from a large earthquake and tsunami that crashed ashore the day before, devastating at least one village and causing the evacuation... See all 102 items...
	Automatic impact report Solomon Is., (M 6.8, depth 18.7km, 56000 people) NEIC—Tuesday, January 05, 2010 12:15:00 PM UTC JRC Tsunami height map: list of affected towns Documents from other organisations	News (provided by EMM) At least 500 homes damaged in Solomons quake smh  Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:43:00 +0100 About 500 homes were damaged or destroyed when a 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked the Solomon Islands, officials said Monday following a reconnaissance flight over remote islands near the epicentre. Landslides, tsunami hit Solomons theglobeandmail  Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:05:00 +0100 About 200 houses destroyed remote western island, leaving about a third of population homeless See all 102 items...

Current tropical cyclones (source JRC and Pacific Disaster Center)

Automatic impact report SEVEN-10 in SWIndian PDC—6 Jan 2010 Tropical Cyclone SEVEN-10 of Saffir-Simpson Category 1 affected few 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) Flood overwhelms Philippines rescuers smh  2009-08-08T13:46+0200 Rescuers are struggling to evacuate hundreds of villagers trapped by flash floods in the northern Philippines as the death toll rose to 20, officials said. Flood overwhelms Philippine rescuers, death toll at 20 channelnewsasia  2009-08-08T13:04+0200 BOTOLAN, Philippines: Rescuers struggled to evacuate hundreds of villagers caught by rampaging flash floods in the northern Philippines on Saturday as the death toll rose to 20, officials said. See all 617 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.

Colombia: OCHA Sur-Occidente - Erupcion Volcan Galeras, Informe de Situacion No. 2 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:37:44 GMT Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

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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.

Province Du Nord Kivu : Incidents S?ritaires contre les Humanitaires - 2009 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:30:36 GMT Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Format: pdf Date: 05 Jan 2010 Size: 269 Kb

Flood Affected Areas in Kenya: Turkana, Nyando And Homabay Districts, 5 Jan 2010 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:17:57 GMT Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Format: pdf Date: 05 Jan 2010 Size: 829 Kb

Kenya: Floods (as of 05 Jan 2010) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:16:08 GMT Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies Format: pdf Date: 05 Jan 2010 Size: 576 Kb

Somalia: HRF Supported Projects, 2009 (as of 31 Dec 2009) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:33:24 GMT Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Format: pdf Date: 05 Jan 2010 Size: 434 Kb

Philippines: Mayon Volcano: Resettlement Sites of Economically Disrupted Households (EDH) - Situation Update (as of 04 Jan 2010) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:25:13 GMT Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Format: pdf Date: 05 Jan 2010 Size: 730 Kb

Philippines: Mayon Volcano: Remaining Population in Evacuation Centers - Situation Update (as of 04 Jan 2010) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:22:55 GMT Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Format: pdf Date: 05 Jan 2010 Size: 725 Kb

Morocco: Floods (as of 29 Dec 2009) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:58:28 GMT Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies Format: pdf Date: 05 Jan 2010 Size: 302 Kb

Tanzania: Floods (as of 05 Jan 2010) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:18:26 GMT Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies Format: pdf Date: 05 Jan 2010 Size: 847 Kb

Tajikistan: Earthquake (as of 05 Jan 2010) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:16:15 GMT Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies Format: pdf Date: 05 Jan 2010 Size: 451 Kb

Tajikistan: Earthquake (as of 03 Jan 2010) - Location Map Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:10:19 GMT Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - ReliefWeb Format: pdf Date: 05 Jan 2010 Size: 139 Kb

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Created on 1/6/2010 8:02:38 AM.