Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 8/1/2011
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 (JRC)  Papua New Guinea, (M 6.8, depth 16.8km, 83000 people)NEIC—Sunday, July 31, 2011 11:38:00 PM UTC  JRC Tsunami height map: list of affected towns  Documents from other organisations USGS Shakemap
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| Automatic impact report (JRC) Vanuatu, (M 6.2, depth 23.1km, unpopulated)NEIC—Sunday, July 31, 2011 2:34:00 PM UTC  Documents from other organisations USGS Shakemap
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Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:38:57 UTC
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 14:34:50 UTCCurrent tropical cyclones (source JRC and Pacific Disaster Center)
| Automatic impact report (JRC) EUGENE-11 in EastPacificPDC—1 Aug 2011   Tropical Cyclone EUGENE-11 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. | |
 | Automatic impact report (JRC) MUIFA-11 in NWPacificPDC—1 Aug 2011  Tropical Cyclone MUIFA-11 of Saffir-Simpson Category 5 affected 1.2 million people with winds above 39mph (63 km/h) and 168 thousand people with hurricane wind strengths (74mph or 119 km/h). In addition, 3 thousand people are living in coastal areas below 5m and can therefore be affected by storm surge. |
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.
| Puyehue Volcano Eruption - Chile/Argentina 14-Jun-2011 10:33 |
ReliefWeb Situation Reports
More content on ongoing disasters on ReliefWeb.
| South Sudan Weekly Humanitarian Bulletin, 28 July 2011 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 10:33:13 +0000 Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: South Sudan (Republic of), Sudan (the) Highlights: ? Emergency support is ongoing to returnees arriving in Upper Nile State, with over 10,000 individuals having arrived to Renk County over the past month. ? Increased capacity for onward transport remains critical to avoid a humanitarian crisis in Renk, with the influx at some 2,000 returnees per week and the onward transport capacity at just 600 per week. ? Road blockages have eased along the border between Northern Bahr el Ghazal State and Sudan, enabling some movement of commercial goods into South Sudan. |
UNOSAT Maps
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ReliefWeb Maps
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Created on 8/1/2011 8:04:41 AM.
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