Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 8/17/2011
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.
Current tropical cyclones (source JRC and Pacific Disaster Center)
  | Automatic impact report (JRC)  SEVEN-E-11 in AtlanticPDC—17 Aug 2011   Tropical Cyclone SEVEN-E-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) FERNANDA-11 in EastPacificPDC—17 Aug 2011  Tropical Cyclone FERNANDA-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) GERT-11 in AtlanticPDC—16 Aug 2011  Tropical Storm GERT-11 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. |
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 - Tropical Storm Emily 4-Aug-2011 16:23 |
ReliefWeb Situation Reports
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| South Kordofan Situation Report No. 14 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:30:28 +0000 Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Sudan (the) This report is produced by OCHA in collaboration with humanitarian partners covering the period 1-15 August 2011. I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES ? Fighting between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement- North (SPLM-North) continued in parts of South Kordofan in the absence of a ceasefire agreement. ? Access restrictions continue to remain the most important challenge to providing humanitarian assistance. ? Pre-positioned stocks have mostly been distributed and replenishment is urgently needed. |
| Cote d?Ivoire Situation report # 14, 16 August 2011 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:10:01 +0000 Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia This report is produced by OCHA in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It was issued by OCHA Cote d?Ivoire. It covers the period from 29 July to 11 August. The next report will be issued on or around 25 August, 2011. I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES ? UNOCI Human Rights section reports on 26 cases of summary execution, arbitrary arrests and other serious human rights abuses, confirming the concerns of protection partners. ? Internally displaced persons continue to be evicted from IDP sites by owners of occupied premises. ? Protection Cluster advocates for urgent support of early recovery and social cohesion in parts of the West to reduce inter-community mistrust and prevent new forced displacement of populations. ? Malnutrition rate among internally displaced persons in the West increases from 4 to 7 per cent since mid-May. ? Lean harvest due to lack of rain puts 30 per cent of rural households (around 314,400 people) at risk of food insecurity in Moyen Cavally and Montagnes regions. ? Return rate of IDPs in Toulepleu increases as more humanitarian actors respond to shelter needs. |
| Yemen Emergency Situation Report No. 7 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:23:18 +0000 Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Yemen This report is produced with inputs from the Humanitarian Country Team in collaboration with its partners. It was issued by the OCHA Yemen country office. It covers the period from 2 to 15 August 2011. The next report will be issued on or around 29 August 2011. I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES ? Fighting is ongoing in areas of Abyan Governorate and Arhab District. New clashes in Al-Hasaba in the Sana'a Governorate injured seven persons. ? The worsening political, security and economic situation of the country is affecting lower income groups whose access to basic goods, including food, is increasingly difficult. ? A nutrition survey recently conducted in the Hajjah Governorate (districts of Haradh, Bakeel Al Meer and Mustaba) revealed alarming levels of global acute malnutrition exceeding emergency thresholds. Despite existing interventions in Haradh since December 2009 the situation is further deteriorating. ? The Humanitarian Country Team revised the inter-agency response plans for Sa'ada Governorate and developed a new plan for the displacement crisis in Southern Yemen. |
| Sudan Weekly Humanitarian Bulletin 5 - 11 August 2011 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:09:09 +0000 Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Sudan (the), South Sudan (Republic of) Key Points
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| Humanitarian Update - 12 August 2011 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:04:39 +0000 Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Kenya, Somalia I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES ? Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos calls for strengthened regional response to combat drought impacts, during her mission to Kenya and Somalia. ? The Minister of State for Special Programmes has convened a Task Force on the distribution, planning, coordination and monitoring of food distribution following reports of misappropriation of food aid. ? Despite an increase in pledges and assistance by national and international governments and agencies, food security has worsened for pastoral and marginal agricultural households according to the latest FEWS NET report. ? The Early Recovery Sector has been reactivated and held its first meeting on 9 August; a two-day workshop on strengthening Early Recovery and Disaster Risk Reduction in the Kenya 2011+Emergency Humanitarian Response Plan appeal document will take place on 16-17 August in Nairobi. |
UNOSAT Maps
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 Emergency Assessment of Somali IDP Shelter Concentrations in Mogadishu, Somalia (28 July 2011) UNOSAT 16 Aug 2011 8:18:22 PM Report Summary: This report presents the results from a satellite-based analysis of Somali IDP shelter concentrations within the capital city of Mogadishu based on imagery recorded the morning of 28 July 2011. A total of 188 spatially distinct IDP shelter concentrations were identified within the city, encompassing a total area of approximately 176ha. The two largest IDP concentrations in the city were located in Wadajir (Medina) and Dharkelynley. A detailed shelter count assessment for 46 IDP concentration sites resulted in an identification of 12,150 individual shelter structures that ranged from very small informal shelters constructed from sticks to large emergency tents provided by international aid agencies. A projection of the total number of IDP shelters located within the urban extent of Mogadishu indicated a minimum estimate of approximately 23,000 shelter structures, concentrated almost entirely in the western districts of the city. This is a preliminary assessment and has not yet been validated in the field.Imagery Dates: 30Mar/15 Apr, 28 July 2011 Resolution: 0.6 m/0.5 m Copyright: DigitalGlobe 2011 Source: European Space Imaging IDP Camp Data: UNITAR / UNOSAT Landcover: UNITAR / UNOSAT Road Data: Google Map Maker Admin Boundaries: OCHA Other Data: USGS, NGA Analysis: UNITAR / UNOSAT Coordinate System: UTM Zone 38N Datum: WGS 1984 Analysis conducted with ArcGIS v10 |
ReliefWeb Maps
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| Flood Watch Update (as of 16 Aug 2011) Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:34:57 +0000 Source: Government of Sudan Note: Map in 4 pages Country: Sudan (the)  |
| Migration Crisis from Libya - IOM Middle East North Africa Operations - Daily Statistical Report (14 August 2011) Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:12:26 +0000 Source: International Organization for Migration Note: Map in 3 pages Country: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (the), Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Italy, Malta, Niger (the), Sudan (the), Tunisia  |
| East Africa Regional Rain Watch - August 15, 2011 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:06:48 +0000 Source: Famine Early Warning System Network, US Agency for International Development Note: Map in 2 pages Country: Somalia, Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan (Republic of), Sudan (the), Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania (the)  |
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Created on 8/17/2011 8:05:09 AM.
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