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International Charter again activated for Floods in Africa

The International Charter "Space and Major Disaster" was activated twice last week for floods in Africa: Chad and Nigeria.

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Publishing Date: 
Mon, 15/10/2012 - 12:21
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International Charter
Processed on Oct 15th 2012

Satellite Images Help Doctors Count People from Space

For the first time, the population of an entire city has been estimated from space through a pioneering project to speed up medical and disaster relief efforts.

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Publishing Date: 
Wed, 30/05/2012 - 11:44
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Newscientist
latitude: 
11.0401
longitude: 
20.2836
Processed on May 30th 2012

Complex Emergency in Chad

Processed on Mar 15th 2010
Disaster Information
Name: 
Complex Emergency in Chad
Region: 
West of the Sahelian belt
Occurance Date: 
15/03/2010

Around 2 million people have been affected by the poor harvest of 2009-2010 and they will need food as well as non food assistance during this year.

Complex Emergency in Chad

Floods in Chad

Processed on Oct 8th 2009
Disaster Information
Name: 
Floods
Region: 
Chad
Occurance Date: 
08/10/2009

On 12 and 14 September 2009, two heavy torrential rains poured down in the capital N?Djamena leading to the flooding of almost half of the town.

Floods in Chad

Epidemic in Chad

Processed on Jun 1st 2009
Disaster Information
Name: 
Epidemic in Chad
Region: 
Chad
Occurance Date: 
01/01/2009

Meningitis : 102 killed and 769 are affected
Source : Emdat

Epidemic in Chad