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Flood in San Antonio as a result of a tsunami in 2010. Image: Atilio Leandro.
Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Chilean Navy provides access to new tsunami flood charts
UNISPACE+50 event considers future of international space cooperation
UN-SPIDER technical advisory support booklet
New booklet highlights UN-SPIDER advisory support activities
An image captured by the 16m resolution multispectral wide-angle colour camera on the Gaofen-6 earth observation satellite. Image: CNS/RADI/CAS.
China launches new Earth observation satellites to monitor disasters
This set of 12 still images show the potential landslide by month averaged over the last 15 years. Image: NASA.
NASA builds open global landslide catalog to improve disaster preparedness
Image of the eruption and resulting ash plume of the Volcan de Fuego in Guatemala captured by the NOAA/NASA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite on 3 June 2018. Image: NASA Earth Observatory
NASA and NOAA satellites monitor deadly Guatemala volcano eruption
Logo of the International Charter "Space and Major Disasters"
International Charter activated for Fuego Volcano in Guatemala
A visualization of Aeolus' mission. Image: European Space Agency
Space-based lasers and supercomputer to aid the forecasting of extreme weathers
Logo of the International Charter "Space and Major Disasters"
International Charter activated for forest fires in China
Participants at EvIDENz stakeholder workshop in Pretoria, South Africa.
EvIDENz project convenes stakeholder workshop in South Africa
Logo of the International Charter "Space and Major Disasters"
International Charter activated for floods in Yemen
Crisis Connectivity Charter to aid disaster relief enters into full operation
Beijing from the Sentinel-1A satellite. Image: Copernicus Data/ESA (2014).
Applications open for United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Risk Reduction
Image: Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon. NASA.
New monitoring system strengthens forest conservation in India
International Charter activated for floods in Djibouti and Sri Lanka
FY-4A satellite capturing the weather over South-east Asia. Source: National Satellite Meteorological Center
China offers satellite data to Belt and Road countries to tackle disasters
IGAC develops innovative risk assessment system in Villavicencio, Colombia
The ISS and the Japanese Experiment Module (Kibo). Image: NASA/JAXA
UNOOSA and Jaxa deploy first KiboCUBE satellite as part of capacity-building initiative
An image of the Sheveluch (Shiveluch) volcano in Kamchatka, Russian Federation emitting an ash plume taken by NASA’s Aqua satellite in 2012. Image: NASA Earth Observatory.
Satellites monitor Russian volcanoes to identify hazards to aviation, populations
Highway 78 in San Diego State flooded by monsoon rains in 2013. Image: NASA
GPS sensors used to aid the forecasting of monsoon flash floods
Participants at second EvIDENz stakeholder workshop in Kiev, Ukraine.
EvIDENz project conducts second stakeholder workshop in Ukraine
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