Charter activations

Flooding in Ethiopia

Increasingly serious flooding conditions struck Ogaden region, Ethiopia, with reports of 79 dead and level of rivers rising.

Type of Event:	Flooding
Location of Event:	Ethiopia
Date of Charter Activation:	03/11/2006
Charter Requestor:	UN OOSA on behalf of WFP
Project Management:	UNOSAT

Products

Shabelle Floods, pre-crisis Landsat ETM image acquired in 1999 over the two most flood-affected districts: Kelafo and Mustahil in Woreda District

Information about the Product

Acquired: Pre-crisis: 21/11/1999

Source: Landsat ETM

Local elevations for the two most-affected Woreda districts: Kelafo and Mustahil. The approximate flood plain area for the Shabelle River was identified from a Landsat ETM image of in 1999.

Information about the Product

Acquired: 08/11/2006

Source: Landsat 7, GIST, Global Insight, UNOSAT

Estimated population density from 2002 over the two most flood-affected districts, Kelafo and Mustahil in Woreda, Ethiopia.

Information about the Product

Acquired: 07/11/2006

Source: Landscan 2002

Areas likely covered with standing flood waters and exposed soils saturated with water over the flood-affected Woreda district of Kelafo. Analysis made using post-crisis RADARSAT-1 data acquired 06/11/2006, not yet validated in the field.

Information about the Product

Acquired: RADARSAT-1: 06/11/2006
Landsat ETM: 21/11/1999

Source: RADARSAT-1, Landsat ETM