Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 12/27/2011
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.
Current tropical cyclones (source JRC and Pacific Disaster Center)
  | Automatic impact report (JRC)  GRANT-11 in SEIndianPDC—27 Dec 2011   Tropical Storm GRANT-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. | |
| Automatic impact report (JRC) THANE-11 in NorthIndianPDC—27 Dec 2011  Tropical Storm THANE-11 affected 18.8 million 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.
| 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 |
ReliefWeb Situation Reports
More content on ongoing disasters on ReliefWeb.
| Philippines (the): Tropical Storm Washi : Situation Report No. 5, 26 December 2011 Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:51:52 +0000 Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Philippines (the) Highlights:
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UNOSAT Maps
See all maps produced by UNOSAT.
| Altas of Cagayan de oro, Misamis Oriental Phillipines UNOSAT 27 Dec 2011 1:03:42 AM This atlas provides detailed crisis satellite imagery coverage over Cagayan De Oro based on data recorded 19 December 2011. This This atlas product was produced by UNOSAT at the request of OCHA in support of emergency humanitarian assistance activities and has been designed for easy printing and readability on A4 and A3 paper at 1:10,000 scale. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR / UNOSAT at contact information below. Satellite Data (1): WorldView-1 Imagery Dates: 19 December 2011 Resolution: 50 Centimeters Copyright: DigitalGlobe Source: FirstLook Other Data: USGS, UNCS, NGA Analysis : UNITAR / UNOSAT Production: UNITAR / UNOSAT Coordinate System: WGS 1984 UTM Zone 51N Projection: Transverse Mercator Datum: WGS 1984 Units: Meter This work by UNITAR/UNOSAT is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. The depiction and use of boundaries, geographic names and related data shown here are not warranted to be error-free nor do they imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. UNOSAT is a program of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), providing satellite imagery and related geographic information, research and analysis to UN humanitarian and development agencies and their implementing partners. |
| Atlas of Illigan City, Lanao del Norte Phillipines UNOSAT 27 Dec 2011 12:41:26 AM This atlas provides detailed crisis satellite imagery coverage over Illigan City based on data recorded 22 December 2011. This atlas product was produced by UNOSAT at the request of OCHA in support of emergency humanitarian assistance activities and has been designed for easy printing and readability on A4 and A3 paper at 1:8,000 scale. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR / UNOSAT at contact information below. Satellite Data (1): QuickBird Im agery Date: 22 December 2011 Resolution: 60 Centimeters Copyright: DigitalGlobe Source: FirstLook Other Data: USGS, UNCS, NGA Analysis: UNITAR / UNOSAT Production: UNITAR / UNOSAT Map Scale for A3: 1:9,430 Coordinate System: WGS 1984 UTM Zone 51N Projection: Transverse Mercator Datum : WGS 1984 False Easting: 500,000.0000 False Northing: 0.0000 Central Meridian: 123.0000 Scale Factor: 0.9996 Latitude Of Origin: 0.0000 Units: Meter |
ReliefWeb Maps
More maps in ReliefWeb Map Centre.
| Peru: Peru: Floods and Landslides (as of 22 Dec 2011) - Location Map Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:46:03 +0000 Country: Peru Source: ReliefWeb, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs  |
| Angola: Angola: Cholera Outbreak (as of 25 Dec 2011) - Location Map Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:10:57 +0000 Country: Angola Source: ReliefWeb, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs  |
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Created on 12/27/2011 8:01:16 AM.
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