Floods in Namibia

Cuvelai Delta, Namibia

Namibia's President Pohamba declares floods emergency

Namibia's President Hifikepunye Pohamba has declared a state of emergency following serious flooding in the north of the southern African country.

More than 20 people are reported to have drowned and some 10,000 displaced, many from the town of Oshakati.

The BBC's Frauke Jensen in the capital Windhoek says livestock have been lost, crops destroyed and roads washed away.

There has been heavy rainfall since January, causing water levels to rise in the Zambezi and Okavango rivers.

Two years ago, more than 90 people were killed by floods in Namibia.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12913487

The flood already exceeds the 2009 flood, which was then considered to be the highest in known history. Reports from upstream (Angola) indicate that more water is expected and the Namibian Meteorological Services predicted more rains next week.

 


Contacts

UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER:

UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER

Email: un-spider [at] unoosa.org

Link: http://www.un-spider.org

 

Contact Points in Namibia:

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP)
Mr. Ojijo Odhiambo
UNDP Resident Representative
Officer-In-Charge

Phone : +264.61.204.6238
Fax : +264.61.204.6203
Cellular phone : +264.81.4214165
E-mail : ojijo.odhiambo [at] undp.org

Coordinates of affected areas (AOI)

Geographical Coordinates for Charter activation request:

Upper left
Lat 17° 20’ ” S
Long 15° 15‘ ” E
Lower right
Lat 18° 15’ ” S
Long 16° 10’ ” E
 


 
International Charter Space and Major Disasters


International Charter:

Activation Request accepted: 01/04/2011
Requested by: UNOOSA on behalf of UNDP
Link: http://www.disasterscharter.org/web/charter/activation_details?p_r_p_1415474252_assetId=ACT-360

Project Manager: Pacific Disaster Center


NASA experimental flood page

http://matsu.opencloudconsortium.org

Satellite data has not been calibrated and validated and thus can not be deemed to be 100% accurate. Actions and decisions should not be based on this data. This data is presented as general overview information at this time.


Space-based resources

 

NoSensorTime (UTC)AreaTypeStatusRemarks
1EO-1severalNothern Namibiapre-disasterdeliveredSensorWeb
2MODISdailyNorthern Namibia deliveredSensorWeb Flood Maps
3MODIS12/04/2011Northern Namibiapost-disasterdeliveredJPEG, GeoTIFF, KML
4ALI16/04/2011Northern Namibiapost-disasterdeliveredJPEG, GeoTIFF
5MODIS09/05/2011Northern Namibia / Angolapost-disasterdeliveredPDF
6TRMM05/05/2011Southern Namibia / South Africapost-disasterdeliveredGraphic

 


Multimedia:

 

UN Multimedia report on the situation in the flood affected areas: UNifeed

 

Situation Reports:


Reliefweb country updates www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc104

ReliefWeb.int. www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/VVOS-8FHKB5

GDACS www.gdacs.org/reports.asp

Reuters Africa af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE73309B20110404