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
Extreme Temperature Cold wave in Belgium Belgium
Extreme Temperature Cold wave in France France
Extreme Temperature cold wave in Germany Germany
Extreme Temperature Cold Wave in Portugal Portugal
Extreme Temperature Cold wave in Ukraine Ukraine
Epidemic in Chad Chad
Flood Floods in Ecuador Ecuador