Jordan

On Monday 20 October 2014, the Royal Jordanian Geographic Centre (RJGC) signed a cooperative agreement with two Korean companies for the provision of technical support in areas such as remote sensing, GIS and cadastrial science.

RJGC's Director General and the Korean companies' chiefs emphasized the advantages of such cooperation in matters of development, disaster early-warning and technology. Moreover, the parties decided to locate permanent stations for satellite navigation systems in Jordan, in order to improve the efficiency of space-based information and cadastral activities.

On 10 January 2013 the International Charter "Space and Major Disasters" was activated for floods in Israel to provide satellite imagery and derived maps. UN-SPIDER/UNOOSA requested the activation on behalf of UNOCHA, Pt Jerusalem Office. The National Space Organization (NSPO) already provided a Formosat2 image taken on 12 January 2013 over Palestine. The Imagery was processed by the FCU (Feng Chia University) GIS team.

After heavy rains, a deadly snow storm had hit parts of Israel, Palestine and Jordan causing power outages, structural and agricultural damage and loss of human lives. Since Thursday, 10 January, at least 4inches (10cm) of snow have fallen in Jordan. Thousands of people are living in refugee camps due to freezing weather conditions.

Reportedly, two fatalities occurred in Lebanon during a flash flood. At least 46 people have been injured in road accidents across...

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