GDACS Daily Newsletter for 12/11/2011

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 12/11/2011

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) Mexico, (M 6.5, depth 64.9km, 1 million people) NEIC—Sunday, December 11, 2011 1:47:00 AM UTC (5 hours ago) Documents from other organisations USGS Shakemap 6.5 - GUERRERO, MEXICO Sun, 11 Dec 2011 03:24:41 +0000 Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:47:26 UTC Lat/Lon: 18.038/-99.796 Depth: 64.9

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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.

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

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ReliefWeb Situation Reports

More content on ongoing disasters on ReliefWeb.

Somalia: Horn of Africa Crisis - Situation Report No. 26 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:49:09 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya I HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES ? More than 80,000 people have been affected by flooding in Kenya. The Kenya Meteorological Department forecasts heavy rainfall and risk of more flooding for December. ? Heavy rains and insecurity continue to hamper humanitarian operations in Kenya and Somalia. ? The Kenyan parliament this week approved the African Union request for the Kenya Defence Forces to join the African Union Mission in Somalia. ? The Somalia and Kenya 2012 Consolidated Appeals will be launched in Nairobi on 13 and 15 December respectively.

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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.

Somalia: Visualizing the Horn of Africa Crisis 2011 (as of Dec 2011) Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:22:37 +0000 Source:  ReliefWeb, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya

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Created on 12/11/2011 8:01:02 AM.