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Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 9/6/2008

This daily newsletter provides an overview of the natural disasters that happened in the last 24 hours and response measures for ongoing disasters. GDACS currently covers earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones, volcanic eruptions and floods. The color coding (red, orange, green) is related to the estimated humanitarian impact of the event.

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Disaster events in the last 24 hours

GDACS detected the following potential disasters. For up-to-date media coverage, latest maps and ReliefWeb content related to these disasters, please go to GDACS homepage.

 Current tropical cyclones (source JRC and Pacific Disaster Center)

	Automatic impact report IKE-08 in Atlantic PDC—6 Sep 2008	News (provided by EMM) 500 killed by Hanna AfghanistanSun  2008-09-06 ALMOST 500 people died when up to five metres of muddy water swept through the Haitian town of Gonaives this week, triggered by torrential rains from Tropical Storm Hanna, police said overnight. Many Flee Turks And Caicos As Ike Nears AfghanistanSun  2008-09-06 This NOAA satellite image taken Friday, Sept. 5, 2008 at 3:15 PM EDT shows mass of clouds north of Puerto Rico that is associated with Hurricane Ike as it travels generally westward towards the Florid... See all 1186 items...
	Automatic impact report HANNA-08 in Atlantic (United States) PDC—6 Sep 2008 TC-2008-000147-TCA	News (provided by EMM) 500 killed by Hanna AfghanistanSun  2008-09-06 ALMOST 500 people died when up to five metres of muddy water swept through the Haitian town of Gonaives this week, triggered by torrential rains from Tropical Storm Hanna, police said overnight. Many Flee Turks And Caicos As Ike Nears AfghanistanSun  2008-09-06 This NOAA satellite image taken Friday, Sept. 5, 2008 at 3:15 PM EDT shows mass of clouds north of Puerto Rico that is associated with Hurricane Ike as it travels generally westward towards the Florid... See all 1130 items... ReliefWeb News Tropical Storm Hanna unleashes on Haiti 1 hour 49 min ago Source: Oxfam Episcopal Relief & Development responds to hurricanes in Haiti 2 hours ago Source: Episcopal Relief and Development CWS Hotline - 08 Sep 2008: India, USA, Haiti, Dominican Republic , Cuba 2 hours ago Source: Church World Service Tropical Storm Hanna Public Advisory 37 2 hours ago Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration See all 157 items... ReliefWeb Situation Reports Caribbean Hurricane Season OCHA Situation Report No. 8 5 hours ago Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Caribbean Hurricane Season OCHA Situation Report No. 7 5 hours ago   Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs See all 157 items...
	Automatic impact report JOSEPHINE-08 in Atlantic PDC—6 Sep 2008	News (provided by EMM) Many Flee Turks And Caicos As Ike Nears AfghanistanSun  2008-09-06 This NOAA satellite image taken Friday, Sept. 5, 2008 at 3:15 PM EDT shows mass of clouds north of Puerto Rico that is associated with Hurricane Ike as it travels generally westward towards the Florid... 500 killed by Hanna AfghanistanSun  2008-09-06 ALMOST 500 people died when up to five metres of muddy water swept through the Haitian town of Gonaives this week, triggered by torrential rains from Tropical Storm Hanna, police said overnight. See all 1082 items...

Discussions in Virtual OSOCC

The GDACS Virtual OSOCC is a forum for emergency managers. The following emergencies are currently open.

Hurricane Ike 9/5/2008 10:08

Floods in Nepal and India 9/3/2008 12:05 Â

Hurricane Hanna 9/2/2008 14:16 Â

Hurricane Gustav 8/26/2008 17:34 Â

Floods in Moldova, Ukraine & Romania 7/30/2008 13:26 Â

ReliefWeb Situation Reports

More content on ongoing disasters on ReliefWeb.

Caribbean Hurricane Season OCHA Situation Report No. 8 6 Sep 2008 12:51:16 AM Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

UNOSAT Maps

See all maps produced by UNOSAT.

No content published since yesterday.

ReliefWeb Maps

More maps in ReliefWeb Map Centre.

Caribbean Hurricane Season (as of 5 Sep 2008) - Situation Map 5 Sep 2008 8:49:20 PM Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - ReliefWeb Format: pdf Date: 05 Sep 2008 Size: 368 Kb

Huracanes en el Caribe (al 4 de sep de 2008) - Mapa de UbicaciA3n 5 Sep 2008 2:03:39 PM Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - ReliefWeb Format: pdf Date: 05 Sep 2008 Size: 249 Kb

Who, Where, What - Agencies & Sectors Koshi River Floods, Bihar, India - As of 05 Sep 2008 5 Sep 2008 11:56:02 AM Source: Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development, European Commission - Humanitarian Aid Office Format: jpg Date: 05 Sep 2008 Size: 2670 Kb

Haiti: Hurricane season 2008 (as of 05 Sep 2008) - Situation Map 5 Sep 2008 11:18:15 AM Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies Format: pdf Date: 05 Sep 2008 Size: 336 Kb

Sudan: Darfur Crisis Rain Timeline (as of 04 Sep 2008) 5 Sep 2008 8:31:31 AM Source: Famine Early Warning System Network, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Agency for International Development Format: pdf Date: 05 Sep 2008 Size: 613 Kb

Bangladesh - Rapid Response Inundiation Map (as of 04 Sep 2008) 5 Sep 2008 8:24:18 AM Source: Dartmouth Flood Observatory Format: jpg Date: 05 Sep 2008 Size: 1492 Kb

USG Humanitarian Assistance to Ethiopia (as of 4 Sep 2008) 5 Sep 2008 6:32:28 AM   Source: United States Agency for International Development Format: pdf Date: 05 Sep 2008 Size: 377 Kb

Latin America and the Caribbean: Hurricane Season Map Book # 1 (as of 4 Sep 2008) 5 Sep 2008 6:12:22 AM   Source: United States Agency for International Development Format: pdf Date: 05 Sep 2008 Size: 528 Kb

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Created on 9/6/2008 8:00:15 AM.