Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 8/28/2011
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)  IRENE-11 in AtlanticPDC—28 Aug 2011   Tropical Cyclone IRENE-11 of Saffir-Simpson Category 3 affected 116 million people with winds above 39mph (63 km/h) and 37.5 million people with hurricane wind strengths (74mph or 119 km/h). In addition, 2.6 million people are living in coastal areas below 5m and can therefore be affected by storm surge. | |
 | Automatic impact report (JRC) TALAS-11 in NWPacificPDC—28 Aug 2011  Tropical Cyclone TALAS-11 of Saffir-Simpson Category 2 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) NANMADOL-11 in NWPacificPDC—28 Aug 2011  Tropical Cyclone NANMADOL-11 of Saffir-Simpson Category 4 affected 24.1 million people with winds above 39mph (63 km/h) and 1.7 million people with hurricane wind strengths (74mph or 119 km/h). In addition, 112 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.
| Bahamas - Hurricane Irene 27-Aug-2011 16:55 |
| Haiti - Tropical Storm Emily 4-Aug-2011 16:23 |
ReliefWeb Situation Reports
More content on ongoing disasters on ReliefWeb.
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Crisis Situation Report No. 54 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:40:34 +0000 Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (the) I. Highlights/key priorities |
| Monsoon Update 25 August 2011 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 06:53:23 +0000 Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Pakistan Situation Overview Weather Outlook Monsoon rains had a country wide footprint over the last 24 hours and have contributed in accentuating floods instigated vulnerabilities. Forecast for the coming week indicates a similar pattern; Besides the flood affected areas of Sindh emergency situations can occur in the following regions:
River Sutlej: 84,000 cusecs flow has been recorded (highest in the last 15 years) and besides Kasur it poses threat to downstream districts of Pakpattan and Bahawalnagar. River Swat in KP is also in Low Floods; |
UNOSAT Maps
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ReliefWeb Maps
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Created on 8/28/2011 8:05:38 AM.
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