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Terminology, image courtesy of UNISDR
Terminology
8 Oct 2016
Hurricane Matthew 2016, Haiti. Courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory
Copernicus Emergency Mapping Service for Haiti and the United States
6 Oct 2016
Members of the EIGEO team at the National Emergency Commission
EIGEO Team activated to support disaster response efforts in Dominican Republic and Haiti
5 Oct 2016
Hurricane Matthew development. Courtesy of NASA/NOAA GOES Project
Charter activated for Hurricane in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, the Bahamas and the United States
5 Oct 2016
Hurricane Matthew 2016. Courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory
Hurricane Matthew strikes the Caribbean
5 Oct 2016
Storm in Australia 2015. Courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory
Charter activated for floods in Australia
5 Oct 2016
American Hemisphere (Image courtesy of NASA)
AEM becomes UN-SPIDER's newest RSO
29 Sep 2016
UN-SPIDER annual Beijing Conference
19 Sep 2016
Image courtesy of NASA by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Caption by Adam Voiland.
Hurricane Hermine gets closer to Florida
3 Sep 2016
Screenshot of the video from the NASA published on The Guardian website. Courtesy of Guardian News & Media Ltd.
Pacific and Atlantic Hurricanes images caught by the ISS
2 Sep 2016
Image courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory by Joshua Stevens, using VIIRS data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Suomi NPP is the result of a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Department of Defense. Caption by Adam Voiland.
Fires in Latin America
1 Sep 2016
Image courtesy of the European Space Agency (ESA) of a sandstorm over the Persian Gulf in 2008.
United Nations/Islamic Republic of Iran Workshop on the Use of Space Technology for Dust Storm and Drought Monitoring in the Middle East Region
30 Aug 2016
Image courtesy of the USGS, ShakeMap.
Strong Earthquake in the Union of Myanmar
26 Aug 2016
Image courtesy of USGS, ShakeMap.
Deadly Earthquake in Central Italy
25 Aug 2016
First African Drought Conference in Namibia
UN-SPIDER present at the First African Drought Conference in Namibia
25 Aug 2016
FOSS4G Conference Bonn 2016 - Side Event on the premises of UN-SPIDER
UN-SPIDER hosts the FOSS4G side event on Collaborative Information Management for Emergency Response
25 Aug 2016
Image courtesy ofNASA by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Caption and image cropping by Adam Voiland.
Brown sediments poured into Lake Pontchartrain, United-States
23 Aug 2016
Image courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory by Joshua Stevens, using data from the Land Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE). Caption by Adam Voiland.
Fire occurs in California, United States of America
19 Aug 2016
Image courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory map by Joshua Stevens, using IMERG data provided courtesy of the Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) Science Team’s Precipitation Processing System (PPS). Caption by Kathryn Hansen.
Heavy rainfall triggers extreme floods in Louisiana, United States
16 Aug 2016
UNCCD Conference “Enhancing resilience to drought events on the African Continent”
16 Aug 2016
Republic of Portugal, image courtesy of NASA by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Caption by Adam Voiland.
Fire in the west coast of the Republic of Portugal and South of France
12 Aug 2016
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