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Flooding in Ethiopia

Type of Event:

Flooding

Location of Event:

Ethiopia

Date of Charter Activation:

03/11/2006

Charter Requestor:

UNOOSA

Project Management:

UNOSAT

 

Description of Event

Increasingly serious flooding conditions struck Ogaden region, Ethiopia, with reports of 79 dead and level of rivers rising.

Images and/or Image Products Delivered under the Charter
Flooding in Ethiopia

Identification of Flooded Areas, Radarsat-1 image
Source: Radarsat-1, Landsat ETM, resolution -.
Acquired: 06/11/2006 (Radarsat-1) and 21/11/1999 (Landsat ETM)
Areas likely covered with standing flood waters and exposed soils saturated with water over the flood-affected Woreda district of Kelafo. Analysis made using post-crisis RADARSAT-1 data acquired 06/11/2006, not yet validated in the field.
Copyright: CSA 2006, USGS 2006, GIS Data: GIST, GLCF, UNOSAT
Image processing, map created 14/11/2006 by UNOSAT.
Higher resolution version

Flooding in Ethiopia

Shabelle Floods, pre-Crisis Spot-5 image, Kelafo and Bare, Woreda District
Source: Spot5, resolution 10m/pixel.
Acquired: 12/08/2005
Spot-5 image acquired in 2005 over flood-affected Woreda Districts of Kelafo and Bare.
Copyright: CNES 2005
Image processing, map created 10/11/2006 by UNOSAT.
Higher resolution version

Flooding in Ethiopia

Shabelle Floods, pre-Crisis Landsat TM image, Kelafo and Mustahil, Woreda District
Source: Landsat, resolution 28m/pixel.
Acquired: 21/11/1999
Pre-crisis Landsat ETM image acquired in 1999 over the two most flood-affected districts: Kelafo and Mustahil in Woreda.
Copyright: USGS 1999
Image processing, map created 10/11/2006 by UNOSAT.
Higher resolution version

Flooding in Ethiopia

Shabelle Floods Elevation
Source: SRTM (90m) CGIAR-CSI; GIS Data: GIST, Global Insight, UNOSAT. , resolution -.
Acquired: 2002
Local elevations for the two most-affected Woreda districts: Kelafo and Mustahil. The approximate flood plain area for the Shabelle River was identified from a Landsat ETM image of in 1999.
Copyright: USGS 1999
Image processing, map created 08/11/2006 by UNOSAT.
Higher resolution version

Flooding in Ethiopia

Estimated population density in Kelafo and Mustahil, 2002
Source: Landscan 2002, resolution -.
Acquired: 2002
Estimated population density from 2002 over the two most flood-affected districts, Kelafo and Mustahil in Woreda.
Copyright: USGS 1999
Image processing, map created 08/11/2006 by UNOSAT.
Higher resolution version


High-resolution imagery and additional data are available at:
http://unosat.web.cern.ch/unosat/asp/prod_free.asp?id=39





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