Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 06/03/2012
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.
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)  Argentina, (M 6.1, depth 550km, 186000 people)NEIC—Monday, March 05, 2012 7:46:00 AM UTC  Documents from other organisations USGS Shakemap
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Current tropical cyclones (source JRC and Pacific Disaster Center)
| Automatic impact report (JRC) IRINA-12 in SWIndianPDC—6 Mar 2012   Tropical Storm IRINA-12 affected 10.1 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.
| Ammunition Depot Explosions - Congo 5-Mar-2012 14:11 |
| Madagascar Cyclone Giovanna 14-Feb-2012 12:52 |
ReliefWeb Situation Reports
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| Ethiopia: Humanitarian Bulletin - Weekly Humanitarian Highlights in Ethiopia, 5 March 2012 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:31:18 +0000 Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Ethiopia, Kenya Health Update Measles, meningitis, acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) and malaria continue to be the main public health emergency concerns in the country. During the past week, 48 suspected measles cases were reported from Adiyo and Gesha woredas of Keffa zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples region (SNNPR). This is a decline in the number of new cases reported from the two woredas in recent weeks, from 281 cases three weeks ago to 74 cases the following week and 48 cases in the previous week. Meanwhile, the measles vaccination campaign, which started on 10 February in all woredas of Keffa zone and adjacent woredas of Gamo Gofa zone, has been completed. Out of 469,876 children between the ages of 6 months and 15 years targeted by the campaign, 457,035 were reached (95.8 per cent coverage). Enhanced surveillance and active case identification and management continue in areas affected by ongoing measles outbreaks. Elsewhere, new suspected measles outbreaks were reported from Ankasha woreda of Awi zone (Amhara Region) and Dibat woreda of Metekel zone (Beneshangul Gumuz Region). The respective Regional Health Bureaus (RHBs) and WHO are currently conducting outbreak investigations. In response to an outbreak of meningococcal meningitis, a team composed of the SNNPR RHB, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute (EHNRI) and WHO has been deployed to Kembata Tembaro and Wolayita zones. The team will conduct surveillance and case identification and management in eight woredas of the two zones zones, where 40 cases of meningococcal meningitis have been reported since the beginning of January. The team has also brought medical supplies, including drugs, laboratory and other medical equipment to the area. In Beneshangul Gumuz, 45 AWD cases were reported from Dibat woreda during the past week, increasing the number of reported cases to 256 since the first week of February. A critical shortage of potable water is suspected to be the main cause of the outbreak: many hand pumps are either dysfunctional (45 per cent) or in poor condition. However, the AWD outbreak has reportedly been brought under control through the concerted efforts of the Government, WHO and UNICEF. In Beneshangul Gumuz region, a localized outbreak of malaria has been reported from Kurmuk woreda of Assosa zone. Case management has been initiated and a regional health team is currently conducting detailed investigations. For more information, contact: who-wro@et.efro.who.int |
UNOSAT Maps
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ReliefWeb Maps
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| Pakistan: Sindh, Pakistan - Logistics Cluster Operational Overview Map - as of 23 Februaryr 2012 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:32:39 +0000 Country: Pakistan Source: Logistics Cluster, World Food Programme  |
| Congo (the): Congo: Munitions Depot Explosion (as of 4 Mar 2012) - Location Map Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:57:13 +0000 Country: Congo (the) Source: ReliefWeb, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs  |
| Philippines (the): Philippines (Cagayan de Oro: TS Washi (Sendong)): On-going/Completed 3W Who-does What Where as of 22 February 2012 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:33:38 +0000 Country: Philippines (the) Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs  |
| Philippines (the): Philippines (Iligan City: TS Washi (Sendong)): On-going/Completed 3W Who-does What Where (as of 22 February 2012) Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:27:50 +0000 Country: Philippines (the) Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs  |
| Philippines (the): Philippines: TS Washi (Sendong)- Evacuation Centre and Transitory Sites, Iligan (as of 21 Feb 2012) Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:16:00 +0000 Country: Philippines (the) Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs  |
| Philippines (the): Philippines: TS Washi (Sendong) - Evacuation Centre and Transitory Site Population, Cagayan de Oro (as of 21 Feb 2012) Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:13:58 +0000 Country: Philippines (the) Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs  |
| Bolivia: Bolivia - Flood Affected Areas (as of 24 Feb 2012) Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:08:10 +0000 Several South American countries remain today in a state of emergency due to heavy rainfall associated with La Nina weather phenomenon that has unleashed chaos in the region in recent days. The Government of Bolivia declared a national emergency. This Map shows flood affects areas in the reagion of Oruro. Country: Bolivia Source: World Food Programme  |
| Mali: Mali: Armed Conflict and Populations Movement (updated at 01 Mar 2012) Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:23:04 +0000 Country: Mali, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Niger (the) Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs  |
| Central African Republic (the): LRA Regional Update: DRC, CAR and South Sudan: January - December 2011 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:14:55 +0000 Country: Central African Republic (the), Democratic Republic of the Congo (the), South Sudan (Republic of), Uganda Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs  |
| Somalia: Atlas of Somali Water and Land Resources (as of 5 March 2012) Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:22:08 +0000 The ?Atlas of Somali Water and Land Resources? is a collection of maps that display the data stored in SWALIM?s archives. Most of these data derive from original data collection and processing done by SWALIM and supplemented by data provided by partners and collaborating agencies. Another source of data is the SWALIM library, where most of the existing reports, grey literature and other sources of information on water and land of the country are kept. The Atlas is designed to give a broad overview of the natural resources of the territory. It is organized into five chapters: Administrative Boundaries, Physical Environment, Climate, Water, and Land. In these chapters you will find maps with different degrees of detail, ranging from the Horn of Africa perspective (see for example the maps on the drainage basins) to the very local (see the town plans from satellite images). In between, national and regional maps present a number of themes related to water and land resources. Country: Somalia Source: Food and Agriculture Organization  |
| Somalia: Atlas of the Juba and Shabelle Rivers (as of 5 March 2012) Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:18:27 +0000 The principal source of information for the Atlas of the Juba and Shabelle Rivers is the aerial photographic survey conducted in January-February 2008 (see full dataset information in 6.0). This user-friendly Atlas contains maps and data of the two perennial rivers of south Somalia and their catchments. Development and emergency interventions that deal with water and land resources in the region will benefi t from the richness of the information contained in the Atlas. The Atlas is divided into three parts; Part one presents the whole river basin and the land, drainage and climatic features over the entire extent of the Juba-Shabelle transboundary river basin: Part two and three present general features with detailed descriptions of the Shabelle and Juba Rivers in 12 sections. For each section of the Rivers, the following features are covered to demonstrate techniques of using the dataset at very large scale, and their application to a variety of pursuits. Major physical characteristics: Catchments and drainage network, terrain and slopes, general morphology of the rivers and surrounding fl oodplains, cross sections of the rivers at major locations, etc. Water Resources: Hydrology and surface water, fl ow hydrographs at key locations, mean annual runoff in the sub-basins, potential fl ood areas, rainfall variation and water resources, etc. Land Resources: Crop types and other vegetation types, major soils, length of growing period, etc. Irrigation: Irrigation infrastructure such as barrages and primary and secondary canals, major irrigation schemes, cross sections of canals, etc. Settlements and road networks. You can download the atlas at this link The Atlas is provided with a DVD which contains a complete digital copy of the printed version as well as a full set of thematic maps for the entire extent of the area surveyed. To get a copy send a request to swalim@fao.org Country: Somalia Source: Food and Agriculture Organization  |
| Mozambique: Mozambique - Maputo/Gaza Tropical storm as of March 02, 2012 - Preparedness Overview Map Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:22:26 +0000 On March 2, 2012, tropical storrn Irina struck Madagascar at about 00.00 GMT and is forecasted to hit Mozamboque as a tropical Cyclone about 20:00 GMT on March 3. According to data supplied by the US Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Worning Cenrer, the point of landfall will be near 24.9 S, 35.7 E. Irina is expected to bring 1-minute maximum sustained winds to the region of around 129 km/h (80 mph). The storm is expected to cause heavy rain and flash flooding in Mozambique, and storm surges generally between 1.2 and 1.5 metres (4-5 feet). Link: Geographic Reference Map - Overview - Maputo - Mozambique Country: Mozambique Source: German Aerospace Center  |
| Somalia: Somalia: PMT Mogadishu Dashboard - From 1 Jan 2012 to date - Last Updated 02/03/2012 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:43:17 +0000 Country: Somalia Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees  |
| Somalia: Somalia: Population Movement Tracking - Since 1 Jan 2012 to date (Updated 02/03/2012) Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:40:37 +0000 Country: Somalia Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees  |
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Created on 3/6/2012 8:02:56 AM.
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