Torrential rain since Thursday, September, 2nd 2010 lead to floods in the main part of Senegal and many towns. The most affected, Dakar, the capital gathers in his suburbs (Pikine and Guediewaye Departements) more than 30,000 affected households. Departement of Velingara in the South of Senegal gathers 1,042 affected people with 105.5 ha of flooded farms.
Source: OCHA- ROWCA
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Status Update: 13/09/2010
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Contacts:
UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER
Email: un-spider [at] unoosa.org
Link: http://www.un-spider.org
Contact Point in Senegal:
Abdoulaye DIEYE
GIS Officer
United Nations OCHA/ROWCA
Sacré-Coeur 3, VDN Villa n°9364
Tel : 33 869 85 14
Mobile : 77 569 96 54
E-mail : dieye3 [at] un.org
Website: http://ochaonline.un.org/rowca
Coordinates of affected areas (AOI)
Geographical Coordinates for SAFER activation request
Upper Left :
Lat: 14° 49' 13.6"
Long: 17° 27' 10.9"
Lower Right :
Lat:14° 42' 58.2"
Long: 17° 17' 50.6"
SAFER
Activation requested on 09/09/2010
Activation Request accepted: 10/09/2010 under the number: GERS057
Requested by WFP on behalf of UNOOSA \ UN-SPIDER
Link:
SAFER Focal Point contact
Phone: +32 28 08 43 09
E-mail: safer-focalpoint [at] infoterra.fr (safer-focalpoint[at]infoterra[dot]fr)
Service provider is the Center for Satellite Based Crisis Information (ZKI - http://www.zki.dlr.de/) - Oberpfaffenhofen
Supported by: Service Régional de Traitement d'Image et de Télédétection (SERTIT - http://sertit.u-strasbg.fr/) - Strasbourg
Space-based resources
| Satellite Tasking No | Satellite | Sensor | Time (UTC) | Area | Type | Status | Remarks/ Products |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Landsat-7 | ETM+ | 17/09/2005 | Upper Left : Lower Right : | Archive | Acquired |
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| 0 | Landsat-7 | ETM+ | 08/12/2005 | Upper Left : Lower Right : | Archive | Acquired | ZKI |
| 0 | Cosmo-Skymed | SAR | 14/08/2009 | Upper Left : Lower Right : | Pre-disaster | Acquired | ZKI |
| 1 | Cosmo-Skymed | SAR | 12/09/2010 | Upper Left : Lower Right : | Post-disaster | Acquired | ZKI |
Other Space based Information:
Situation reports:
UN OCHA:
Link:
