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
Mass Movement Mudslide in Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire
Volcanic Eruption Volcano in Colombia Colombia
Flood Flood in China P. Rep.
Extreme Temperature Cold wave in Peru Peru
Severe Storm Severe storm in China, P. Rep.
Earthquake Earthquake in Belize Belize
Earthquake Earthquake in Vanuatu Vanuatu
Earthquake Earthquake in Honduras Honduras
Flood Flash Flood in Thailand Thailand
Mass Movement Landslide in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
Severe Storm Tropical cyclone in India India
Severe Storm Tropical cyclone in Bangladesh Bangladesh
Drought Drought in Paraguay Paraguay
Epidemic in Cook Is.
Flood Flood in Dominican Rep. Dominican Republic
Flood Flood in Haiti Haiti
Flood Flood in Panama Panama
Mass Movement Landslide in Philippines Philippines
Flood Flood in Afghanistan Afghanistan
Mass Movement Mudslide in Tajikistan Tajikistan