At least three people were believed dead after Cyclone Mick swept over Fiji's main island of Viti Levu, causing widespread flooding and damage, police said. Up to 700 people spent Monday night in evacuation centres due to flooding in low-lying areas.
Source: www.glidenumber.net
Available Space-based Information for: Fiji – Tropical Cyclone Mick – Date 14 December 2009
Status Update: 15 December 2009
UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER:
Focal Point: Shirish Ravan ( spaceaid (at) unoosa.org )
Link: http://www.un-spider.org/
ReliefWeb:
Available maps: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc104?OpenForm&rc=5&cc=fji
International Charter:
Activated: 14 December 2009
Project Manager: François Boubila,
Email : Francois.Boubila [at] esa.int
Charter Requestor : UN Office for Outer Space Affairs
Link: http://www.disasterscharter.org/web/charter/activation_details?p_r_p_1415474252_assetId=ACT-282
Pacific Disaster Net (SOPAC):
Link: http://pdn.appspot.com/CycloneMick/
NASA: Earth Observatory
Link: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=41626
National Contact Points
Aisea Quminakelo
NDMO. Suva, Fiji
email: aisea.quminakelo [at] govnet.gov.fj)
SOPAC Contact Points
Wolf Forstreuter
Phone: +679-3381377 ext. 237 (SOPAC)
Phone: +679-3322193 (home) +679-9272462 (mobile in FJ)
e-mail: wforstreuter [at] yahoo.co.uk
Skype: wolfforstreuter
Litea Buikoto
E-mail liteab [at] gmail.com
Litea Biukoto <litea [at] sopac.org>
Jutta May
E-mail jmay4711 [at] gmail.com
Jutta May <jutta [at] sopac.org>
OCHA Contact Point
Peter Muller
Email: Peter.Muller [at] undp.org
Other Space-based Information:
GDACS:
Link: http://www.gdacs.org/index.asp
NASA Earth Observatory:
Link: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/
Tropical Storm Risk: Forecast:
Link: http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com/
Situation Reports:
Government of Fijji
Situation reports
Link: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/srch.nsf/doc304SearchResults?OpenForm&view=rwrwb&srcid=Govt.%20Fiji&cc=fji
Other Links:
Reliefweb:
Link: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc103?OpenForm&rc=3#show
