President Alvaro Colom declared a state of emergency for the area near the Pacaya volcano, which lies 25 miles (40 km) from Guatemala City as the volcano erupted with a cloud of black ash that closed the airport and forced evacuations of nearby villages.
Source: glidenumber
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Status Update: 04/06/2010
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Contacts:
UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER:
Focal Point: Mr. Juan Carlos Villagran
Email: spaceaid [at] unoosa.org (u)n-spider [at] unoosa.org
Contact Points in Guatemala
Jean-Roche Lebeau
Head, National Territorial Ordenning System
SEGEPLAN
Mob: +502 5706 5500
E-mail: lebeaujr [at] gmail.com (lebeaujr[at]gmail[dot]com)
Coordinates of affected areas (AOI)
Geographical Coordinates for Charter activation request
Upper Left :
Lat: 14° 39’ 38.34” N
Long: 90° 49' 11.09” W
Lower Right :
Lat: 14° 11’ 11.22” N
Long: 90° 22’ 58.32” W
International Charter Space and Major Disasters
International Charter:
Activation requested on 30/05/2010
Activation Request accepted:
Link: http://www.disasterscharter.org
Project Manager:
Space-based resources:
Satellite TaskingNo | Satellite | Sensor | Date | Area Center Lat/Long | Type | Status | Remarks |
| 1 | TerraSAR-X | SAR (HS) | 03/06/2010 00:02:06.542 | 14.446 - 14.507; -90.796 - -90.696 | Post-disaster | Scheduled | min.lat - max.lat; min.long - max.long |
| SAR (HS) | 02/06/2010 12:03:11.192 | 14.446 - 14.507; -90.796 - -90.696 | |||||
| SAR (SL) | 08/06/2010 00:10:37.878 | 14.424 - 14.507; -90.797 - -90.690 | |||||
| SAR (SL) | 08/06/2010 11:54:39.808 | 14.424 - 14.507; -90.797 - -90.690 | |||||
| 2 | THEOS | PAN+MS | 05/06/2010 |
Other Space based Information:
NOAA Volcano Ash Activity Monitoring:
Link: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/VAAC/messages.html
SERVIR:
Link: http://www.servir.net/erupcion_del_volcan_pacaya_guatemala_mayo_2010
Situation Reports:
Reliefweb:
Link: http://reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/ASAZ-85YHER?OpenDocument
Other Links:
Global Volcanism Program:
Link: http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?wvarweek=20100526#pacaya
