Emergency Support

UN-SPIDER facilitates fast and efficient access to space-based information for countries as well as international and regional organizations. This includes all types of information provided by Earth observation satellites, communication satellites and global navigation satellite systems. On the emergency support pages below, UN-SPIDER compiles links and information on satellite-based sources for selected major disasters.

Disasters covered by emergency support

Type Event Country/Region Date
Flood Floods in Mali Mali
Flood Floods in Gambia Gambia
Earthquake Earthquake in Indonesia Indonesia
Flood Floods in Niger Niger
Tsunami Tsunami in Indonesia Indonesia
Flood Floods in Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
Severe Storm Tropical Cyclone in Mexico
Flood Floods in Afganistan Afghanistan
Flood Floods in Mauritania Mauritania
Flood Floods in Chile Chile
Flood Floods in Senegal Senegal
Flood Floods in Sudan Sudan
Forest Fire Wildfire in Greece Greece
Flood Floods in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Drought Drought in Somalia Somalia
Flood Flash flood in Pakistan Pakistan
Mass Movement Landslide in Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
Flood Flash Floods in Lao, P. Dem. Rep.
Severe Storm Tropical Cyclone in China P.Rep.
Severe Storm Tropical cyclone in Japan Japan