Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 10/27/2011
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)  Fiji, (M 6.0, depth 611.9km, <10000 people)NEIC—Thursday, October 27, 2011 12:15:00 AM UTC (5 hours ago)   Documents from other organisations USGS Shakemap |
Current tropical cyclones (source JRC and Pacific Disaster Center)
 | Automatic impact report (JRC) RINA-11 in AtlanticPDC—27 Oct 2011  Tropical Cyclone RINA-11 of Saffir-Simpson Category 2 affected 1 million people with winds above 39mph (63 km/h) and 590 thousand people with hurricane wind strengths (74mph or 119 km/h). In addition, 190 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.
| Earthquake in the Van Province, Turkey 23-Oct-2011 14:21 |
| Central America region - floods 20-Oct-2011 19:17 |
| Nicaragua - floods 18-Oct-2011 23:45 |
| Southeast Asia: Flooding 13-Oct-2011 16:45 |
| 6.8M Earthquake - Sikkim, INDIA 18-Sep-2011 18:39 |
| Bahamas - Hurricane Irene 27-Aug-2011 16:55 |
ReliefWeb Situation Reports
More content on ongoing disasters on ReliefWeb.
| Kenya: Kenya Humanitarian Update 26 October 2011 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:07:24 +0000 Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Kenya, Somalia HIGHLIGHTS ? Explosions rock Nairobi; one person dies and 23 others are injured. ? Humanitarian space decreases with increasing insecurity along the Kenya/Somalia border region. ? Heavy rains hamper delivery of humanitarian assistance as Government and partners finalize flood contingency planning. ? Aid agencies scale down operations in the Dadaab camps following the abduction of two aid workers. |
| South Sudan (Republic of): South Sudan Weekly Humanitarian Bulletin 14-20 October 2011 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:01:10 +0000 Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: South Sudan (Republic of), Sudan (the) Highlights:
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| South Sudan (Republic of): Sudan Weekly Humanitarian Bulletin 14 - 20 October 2011 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:49:17 +0000 Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Sudan (the), South Sudan (Republic of) HIGHLIGHTS: ? Fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Sudan People?s Liberation Movement ? North (SPLM-N) forces continues to affect civilians in Blue Nile and South Kordofan states. ? Humanitarian partners in SPLM-N areas in South Kordofan express deep concern over food security situation, with majority of civilians reportedly relying on wild food. ? UNHCR reports that some 19,500 people are currently residing in communities surrounding the border crossing points in Kurmuk locality, Blue Nile State. ? In El Geneina, Special Envoys for Darfur stressed the need for continued strong humanitarian engagement in Darfur, highlighting the importance of progress towards durable and sustainable solutions. |
| Ethiopia: Famine & Drought Situation Report No. 19 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:22:01 +0000 Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya This report is produced by OCHA Somalia in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It was issued by OCHA in New York. It covers the period from 19 to 25 October 2011. The next report will be issued on 1 November 2011. I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES ? Heavy rains in parts of Somalia have increased vulnerability to waterborne diseases while impeding access to populations in need. ? Continued insecurity and military activities at the Somali-Kenya border have restricted movement, causing a sharp decline of Somalis entering Kenya to 100 last week, down from 3,400 week before. ? Somalia?s CAP has increased to US$1 billion following changes in shelter and WASH requirements. |
UNOSAT Maps
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| Update 3: Overview of Flood Waters over Central Provinces, Thailand UNOSAT 26 Oct 2011 7:10:39 PM This map presents the standing flood waters over the affected Central Provinces of Thailand based on analysis of satellite data recorded 24 October 2011. Based on a recent time series comparison, there are strong indications that flood waters have strongly risen within the northern, western and eastern sections of Bangkok, and further, have not significantly changed in spatial extent north of the city over the last two weeks. The highest concentration of flooding is located within the provinces of Phara Nakhan Si Ayudhya, Nakhon Sawan, Chaitan, Pathum Thani, Nakon Pathon, Ang Thong, Lopburi, Singburi and Suphanburi. It is likely that flood waters have been systematically underestimated over highly vegetated areas along main river banks, and within built-up areas within Bangkok because of the special characteristics of the satellite data used. This analysis has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR /UNOSAT.Satellite Data(1) : Envisat ASAR WS- HH Imagery Dates: 24 October 2011 Resolution : 150 m Source: European Space Agency Provided by: GeoPictures/ KSAT Settlement Data: EU-JRC / NGA Road Data: ESRI, OSM Other Data: OCHA, USGS Analysis : UNITAR / UNOSAT Production: UNITAR / UNOSAT Analysis conducted with ArcGIS v10 This work by UNITAR/UNOSAT is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. |
| Bangkok Flooding (Center) - Satellite Imagery Atlas, Thailand (24 October 2011) UNOSAT 26 Oct 2011 2:56:47 PM This atlas provides detailed crisis satellite imagery coverage over the flood-affected northern and central portions of the city of Bangkok based on data recorded 24 October 2011. Standing flood waters are clearly visible across most sections of the city, inundating virtually all agricultural fields, significant stretches of major roads and highways (including Rt3111, Rt346 & Rt9) as well as large residential areas, leaving thousands of small homes either partially or totally submerged; Multiple industrial facilities (e.g. concrete production) located along the Western Outer Ring Road (route 9) are severely affected as are main hospitals including Pathum Thani, Muang Pathum, and Krung Siam St. Carlos Medical Centre; Because of local cloud cover, some areas of flooding are not visible. This atlas product was produced by UNITAR/UNOSAT in support of emergency humanitarian assistance activities in the affected districts following heavy monsoon rains, and has been designed for easy printing and readability A4 and A3 paper at 1:12,000 scale. This work has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR / UNOSAT.Satellite Data(1) : QuickBird 02 Imagery Dates: 24 October 2011 Resolution : 0.6 m Copyright:Digital Globe 2011 Source: FirstLook Road & Site Data : Open Street Map (OSM) Analysis : UNITAR / UNOSAT Production: UNITAR / UNOSAT Analysis conducted with ArcGIS v10 This work by UNITAR/UNOSAT is licensed under a Creative NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. |
| Bangkok Flooding (North) - Satellite Imagery Atlas, Thailand (24 October 2011) UNOSAT 26 Oct 2011 2:40:09 PM This atlas provides detailed crisis satellite imagery coverage over the flood-affected northern and central portions of the city of Bangkok based on data recorded 24 October 2011. Standing flood waters are clearly visible across most sections of the city, inundating virtually all agricultural fields, significant stretches of major roads and highways (including Rt3111, Rt346 & Rt9) as well as large residential areas, leaving thousands of small homes either partially or totally submerged; Multiple industrial facilities (e.g. concrete production) located along the Western Outer Ring Road (route 9) are severely affected as are main hospitals including Pathum Thani, Muang Pathum, and Krung Siam St. Carlos Medical Centre; Because of local cloud cover, some areas of flooding are not visible. This atlas product was produced by UNITAR/UNOSAT in support of emergency humanitarian assistance activities in the affected districts following heavy monsoon rains, and has been designed for easy printing and readability A4 and A3 paper at 1:12,000 scale. This work has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR / UNOSAT.Satellite Data(1) : QuickBird 02 Imagery Dates: 24 October 2011 Resolution : 0.6 m Copyright:Digital Globe 2011 Source: FirstLook Road & Site Data : Open Street Map (OSM) Analysis : UNITAR / UNOSAT Production: UNITAR / UNOSAT Analysis conducted with ArcGIS v10 This work by UNITAR/UNOSAT is licensed under a Creative NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. |
ReliefWeb Maps
More maps in ReliefWeb Map Centre.
Turkey: Turkey Earthquake - Turkish Humanitarian Response (as of 26 October 2011) Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:27:58 +0000
Country: Turkey Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs  |
| Turkey: Global Map around Van Province, Eastern Turkey - Land Use (25 October 2011) Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:05:28 +0000 Country: Turkey Source: GSI, ISCGM  |
| Somalia: Somalia: Floods (as of 18 Oct 2011) - Location Map Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:50:39 +0000 Country: Somalia Source: ReliefWeb, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs  |
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