Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 1/10/2012
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
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| 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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| Chad: Tchad Bulletin d?Information Humanitaire Decembre 2011 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:42:20 +0000 Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Chad, Libya, Nigeria I. FAITS MAJEURS
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| Situation Map: Syria Uprising Update 3, Reported events 1-8 Jan 2012 and Cumulative Total Deaths UNOSAT 9 Jan 2012 5:26:42 PM  This map presents a situational update of reported protests and violent clashes in cities and towns across the Syrian Arab Republic as reported on the first week of 2012, related to the flare-up of violence and the presence of Arab League observers. Also depicted are the cumulative numbers of reported deaths since March 2011 aggregated by Governorate, and Syrian refugee camps that have been opened along the border in Turkey and Lebanon. Further, the spatial distribution of the dominant ethnic/religious communities in the country has been included as background context to the larger social and political uprising occurring within the country. Event locations and figures presented in this map are based exclusively on a number of open reporting sources since the beginning of the uprising in March 2011 and have not been verified on the ground. It is possible that not all incident locations have been depicted. Please send feedback to UNITAR/UNOSAT.Religions source: LIMES rivista, Geopolitique, Diplomatie Deaths reported: Syrianshuhada.com, VDC Demonstrations layer: Syria Uprising 2011 Information center website Refugees: UNHCR,Turkish Red Crescent, New York Times Road Data : Google Map Maker 2011 Other Data: ESRI, USGS, NGA WGS 1984 UTM Zone 37N Projection: Transverse Mercator Datum: WGS 1984 False Easting: 500,000.0000 False Northing: 0.0000 Central Meridian: 39.0000 Scale Factor: 0.9996 Latitude Of Origin: 0.0000 Units: Meter |
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| World: World: Wild Poliovirus, Previous 12 Months (28 Dec 2010 - 27 Dec 2011) Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:28:14 +0000 Country: World Source: World Health Organization  |
| Syrian Arab Republic (the): Situation Map: Syria Uprising Update 3 (as of 1 - 9 January 2012) Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:06:27 +0000 This map presents a situational update of reported protests and violent clashes in cities and towns across the Syrian Arab Republic as reported on the first week of 2012, related to the flare-up of violence and the presence of Arab League observers. Also depicted are the cumulative numbers of reported deaths since March 2011 aggregated by Governorate, and Syrian refugee camps that have been opened along the border in Turkey and Lebanon. Further, the spatial distribution of the dominant ethnic/religious communities in the country has been included as background context to the larger social and political uprising occurring within the country. Event locations and figures presented in this map are based exclusively on a number of open reporting sources since the beginning of the uprising in March 2011 and have not been verified on the ground. It is possible that not all incident locations have been depicted. Please send feedback to UNITAR/UNOSAT. Country: Syrian Arab Republic (the) Source: UN Institute for Training and Research, UNOSAT  |
| Brazil: Flooding in Southeastern Brazil - December 30, 2011 to January 6, 2012 Rainfall Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:26:11 +0000 Torrential rain inundated southeastern Brazil in early January 2012, causing severe damage in multiple states. The floods forced thousands from their homes, damaged roads and homes, and broke through a levee in northern Rio de Janeiro State, according to news reports. This image shows regional rainfall, as observed by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), from December 30, 2011, to January 6, 2012. Rainfall amounts are color coded, with the lowest amounts in blue and the highest amounts in red and purple. A band of heavy precipitation extends roughly northwest-southeast. Some of the heaviest rainfall occurs north of Rio de Janeiro, capital city of the state of the same name. On January 9, 2012, The Rio Times reported that flooding affected the states of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and Espirito Santo. So far, damage was apparently most severe in Minas Gerais. NASA image courtesy the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). Caption by Michon Scott. Instrument: Country: Brazil Source: National Aeronautics and Space Administration  |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo (the): Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mouvements de populations au 30 septembre 2011 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:58:39 +0000 Note: Map in 2 pages Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo (the) Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs  |
| Myanmar: Myanmar Country Map (as of 5 Dec 2011) Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:50:30 +0000 Country: Myanmar Source: Myanmar Information Management Unit  |
| Myanmar: Myanmar: UNICEF WASH Project Areas under AusAID Funding in 2011 (as of 2 Dec 2011) Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:44:10 +0000 Country: Myanmar Source: Myanmar Information Management Unit  |
| Myanmar: Myanmar: UN-WASH Agencies Project Areas under AusAID Funding in 2011 (as of 2 Dec 2011) Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:32:11 +0000 Country: Myanmar Source: Myanmar Information Management Unit  |
| Myanmar: Myanmar: UNICEF Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) Study Townships, 2011 (as of 2 Dec 2011) Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:23:59 +0000 Country: Myanmar Source: Myanmar Information Management Unit  |
| Myanmar: Burmese Border Displaced Persons: November 2011 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:24:57 +0000 Country: Myanmar, Thailand Source: Thailand Burma Border Consortium  |
| World: Health across the world - January 2012 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:16:26 +0000 Country: World Source: Le Monde diplomatique  |
| Philippines (the): Philippines: TS Washi (Sendong) - Calaanan-1 Relocation Site (as of 09 Jan 2012) Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:08:13 +0000 Country: Philippines (the) Source: MapAction, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs  |
| Philippines (the): Philippines: TS Washi (Sendong) - Evacuation Centre Population, Cagayan de Oro (as of 08 Jan 2012) Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:03:18 +0000 Country: Philippines (the) Source: MapAction, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs  |
| Philippines (the): Philippines: TS Washi (Sendong) - Inaccessible Areas, Cagayan de Oro and Iligan (as of 08 Jan 2012) Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:58:14 +0000 Country: Philippines (the) Source: MapAction, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs  |
| Philippines (the): Philippines: TS Washi (Sendong) - Evacuation and Relocation Centers in Cagayan de Oro (as of 07 Jan 2012) Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:53:27 +0000 Country: Philippines (the) Source: MapAction, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs  |
| Philippines (the): Philippines: TS Washi (Sendong) - Distribution of Leptospirosis Cases Cagayan de Oro City (as of 01 Jan 2012) Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:43:26 +0000 Country: Philippines (the) Source: MapAction, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs  |
| Philippines (the): Philippines: TS Washi (Sendong) - Evacuation Centre Population, Iligan (as of 08 Jan 2012) Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:37:13 +0000 Country: Philippines (the) Source: MapAction, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs  |
| Philippines (the): Philippines: TS Washi (Sendong) - Evacuations and Relocation Centers in Iligan (as of 07 Jan 2012) Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:34:23 +0000 Country: Philippines (the) Source: MapAction, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs  |
| Philippines (the): Philippines Tropical Storm Washi (as of 03 Jan 2012) Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:24:14 +0000 Country: Philippines (the) Source: World Food Programme  |
| Chile: Chile - Torres del Paine, Fire as of January 07, 2012 - Disaster Extent Map Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:05:35 +0000 Since December 27, 2011, a massive forest fire raged through the Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia, Chile and has destroyed an area of about 125 sq km. Hundreds of military personnel and fire fighters were deployed at the scene to fight the blaze and managed to bring the fire under control on January 2, 2012. Country: Chile Source: German Aerospace Center, International Charter  |
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Created on 1/10/2012 8:01:34 AM.
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