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
Volcanic Eruption Volcano in Indonesia Indonesia
Tsunami Earthquake in Indonesia Indonesia
Severe Storm Tropical Cyclone in Belize Belize
Mass Movement Tropical Cyclone in Taiwan
Cholera in Haiti Haiti
Severe Storm Tropical Cyclone in Myanmar Myanmar
Epidemic in Uganda Uganda
Flood Floods in Japan Japan
Mass Movement Mudslide in Peru Peru
Flood Flash Flood in Thailand Thailand
Flood Flood in Senegal Senegal
Flood Flood in Togo Togo
Flood Flood in Russia
Severe Storm Tropical cyclone in Philippines Philippines
Flood Flash Flood in Cambodia Cambodia
Flood Floods in St. Lucia
Flood Flash Flood in Cambodia Cambodia
Flood Flash Floods in Thailand Thailand
Flood Floods in Benin Benin
Tech. Disaster in Hungary Hungary