Tropical Cyclone in Guatemala

Region

Guatemala

Fri, 28 May 2010 - 12:00

The first named tropical storm of the 2010 Pacific hurricane season "Agatha" caused severe rainfall in the departments of Escuintla, Suchitepéquez, Retalhuleu, San Marcos, Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango, Totonicapn, Sololá, Chimaltenango and Guatemala. Guatemalan authorities report 12 deaths, 22 people missing and that 7,627 people have been affected to some degree by the storm and 4,975 people have been directly affected by the effects of the storm.

Source: glidenumber

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Status Update: 02/07/2010

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Contacts:

UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER:

Focal Point: Mr. Juan Carlos Villagran
Email: spaceaid [at] unoosa.org (u)n-spider [at] unoosa.org

Contact Points in Guatemala

Jean-Roche Lebeau

Head, National Territorial Ordenning System
SEGEPLAN
Mob: +502 5706 5500
E-mail: lebeaujr [at] gmail.com (lebeaujr[at]gmail[dot]com)

Coordinates of affected areas (AOI)

Geographical Coordinates for Charter activation request

Upper Left :
Lat: 15° 51’ 17.07” N
Long: 88° 18‘ 34.29” W

Lower Right :
Lat: 15° 11’ 38.11” N
Long: 88° 13’ 36.03” W

International Charter Space and Major Disasters

International Charter:
Activation requested on 30/05/2010
Activation Request accepted: 30/05/2010
Requested by USGS on behalf of CONRED, Guatemala City
Link: http://www.disasterscharter.org

Project Manager:
CATHALAC
http://www.cathalac.org/
Building 111
City of Knowledge
Clayton Panamá
0843-03102 Panamá
República de Panamá

Space-based resources:

Satellite TaskingNo	Satellite	Sensor	Date	Area Center Lat/Long	Type	Status	Remarks
1	TerraSAR-X	Radar	04/10/2009	14.979 - 22.188; -88.613 - -86.937	Archive	Acquired	TSX
			03/06/2010	14.446 - 14.507; -90.796 - -90.696	Post-disaster	Acquired	TSX
			02/06/2010	14.446 - 14.507; -90.796 - -90.696		Acquired	TSX
			08/06/2010	14.424 - 14.507; -90.797 - -90.690 14.424 - 14.507; -90.797 - -90.690		Scheduled
			08/06/2010	15.252 - 15.931; -88.538 - -88.148		Scheduled
2	QuickBird		06/06/2010		pre-disaster	Scheduled	pre-event coverage available
3	WorldView-1		04/06/2010			Scheduled
4	WorldView-2		02/06/2010			Scheduled
			04/06/2010			Scheduled
			07/06/2010			Scheduled
5	HJ		02/06/2010		Post disaster	Acquired	Imagery available upon request: spaceaid [at] unoosa.org (spaceaid[at]unoosa[dot]org)
			03/06/2010			Acquired	Imagery available upon request: spaceaid [at] unoosa.org (spaceaid[at]unoosa[dot]org)
6	THEOS		06/06/2010		Post-disaster	Scheduled

Other Space based Information:

SERVIR:
Link: http://www.servir.net/tormenta_tropical_agatha_mayo_2010

GEO Group on Earth Observation:
Link: http://www.geoportal.org/

IARNA:
Link: http://www.infoiarna.org.gt/secciones/inundaciones_agatha.aspx

Situation Reports:

Reliefweb:
Link: www.reliefweb.int