GDACS Daily Newsletter for 3/17/2010

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 3/17/2010

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.

Current tropical cyclones (source JRC and Pacific Disaster Center)

	Automatic impact report ULUI-10 in SWPacific PDC—17 Mar 2010 Tropical Cyclone ULUI-10 of Saffir-Simpson Category 5 affected 26 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) Thousands seek shelter from hurricane in Fiji thestar  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:03:00 +0100 More than 10,000 people sheltered in evacuation centers around Fiji, with the largest number of people displaced by Hurricane Tomas in the northern part of the island, reports China's Xinhua news agency on Tuesday. Thousands flee Fiji cyclone, NZers urged to register nzherald  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:12:00 +0100 The Government is urging New Zealanders in Fiji to register with the High Commission in Suva as the devastating Cyclone Tomas hits the islands.Prime Minister John Key said today about 450 were registered, but there were likely... See all 11 items...
	Automatic impact report TOMAS-10 in SEPacific PDC—16 Mar 2010 Tropical Cyclone TOMAS-10 of Saffir-Simpson Category 4 affected 19 thousand people with winds above 39mph (63 km/h) and 17 thousand 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) Towns safe from Tomas fijitimes  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:09:00 +0100 NADI, Lautoka and Ba were yesterday considered safe from Hurricane Tomas. Director of Meteorology Rajendra Prasad said only Sigatoka and Rakiraki would experience some effects of the slow-moving hurricane. "In the West, the hurricane is nearest to Rakiraki so it should be exposed to more rainfall," he said. Big and bad fijitimes  Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:13:00 +0100 TOMAS intensified to a category three hurricane overnight with damaging gale force winds extending to about 280-370km from its centre. See all 66 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.

TC TOMAS, Fiji Islands 16-Mar-2010 09:04

Uganda - Mudslides, March 2010 2-Mar-2010 17:24

Chile - Earthquake 8.8M - February 2010 27-Feb-2010 08:21

Ukraine - Potential tailing dam collapse 18-Feb-2010 11:56

Tropical Cyclone Pat - Cook Islands, February 2010 10-Feb-2010 21:55

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

El Salvador: UNDAC Disaster Response Preparedness mission 25-Feb-2010 14:30

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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 - Agriculture - Cluster agriculture - Distribution de semences 13 March 2010 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:56:33 GMT Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Format: pdf Date: 16 Mar 2010 Size: 764 Kb

HAITI - Agriculture - FAO distribution de semences 13 March 2010 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:50:10 GMT Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Format: pdf Date: 16 Mar 2010 Size: 744 Kb

Southern Africa Flood Update as of 16 March 2010 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:29:23 GMT Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Format: pdf Date: 16 Mar 2010 Size: 476 Kb

Asia-Pacific Region: Natural Disasters and Other Events being monitored by the OCHA Regional Office for the Asia-Pacific (10-16 Mar 2010) Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:21:03 GMT Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Format: pdf Date: 16 Mar 2010 Size: 280 Kb

Fiji: Cyclone Thomas (as of 15 Mar 2010) - Location Map Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:07:36 GMT Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - ReliefWeb Format: pdf Date: 16 Mar 2010 Size: 142 Kb

Burundi: Floods (as of 16 Mar 2010) Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:15:09 GMT Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies Format: pdf Date: 16 Mar 2010 Size: 373 Kb

DRC Refugees in the Republic of Congo (as of 15 Feb 2010) Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:11:32 GMT Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Format: pdf Date: 16 Mar 2010 Size: 294 Kb

Madagascar: Cyclone Hubert (as of 15 Mar 2010) - Location Map Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:53:18 GMT Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - ReliefWeb Format: pdf Date: 16 Mar 2010 Size: 304 Kb

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Created on 3/17/2010 8:04:15 AM.