Weather Bureau: GDACS daily newsletter for 25/11/2015

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Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 25/11/2015

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.

GDACS News

Satellite Mapping Overview as of 23 November 2015The latest overview report of current ongoing satellite mapping activities related to humanitarian disasters is available.

It is intended for disaster managers, operations centres, desk officers and others that need syntheses of what goes on in this field. The service is operated by the GDACS mapping & satellite imagery coordination mechanism: UNITAR Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT). We encourage any satellite mapping production entity to submit information about their products so we can include it in future summaries.

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.

	Green alert for tropical cyclone SANDRA-15. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.
	From 23/11/2015 to 25/11/2015, a Hurricane/Typhoon > 74 mph (maximum wind speed of 185 km/h) SANDRA-15 was active in EastPacific. The cyclone affects these countries: Mexico (vulnerability Medium). Estimated population affected by category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:10km) in Nicaragua 25/11/2015 00:19 UTC, 3616157 people within 100km.
	On 11/25/2015 12:19:16 AM, an earthquake occurred in Nicaragua potentially affecting 3616157 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:10km.

	Green alert for tropical cyclone IN-FA-15. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.
	From 17/11/2015 to 25/11/2015, a Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 213 km/h) IN-FA-15 was active in NWPacific. The cyclone affects these countries: [unknown] (vulnerability [unknown]). Estimated population affected by category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 7.6M, Depth:606.58km) in Peru 24/11/2015 22:50 UTC, About 11099 people within 100km.
	On 11/24/2015 10:50:52 PM, an earthquake occurred in Peru potentially affecting About 11099 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 7.6M, Depth:606.58km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 7.6M, Depth:600.63km) in Peru 24/11/2015 22:45 UTC, About 6542 people within 100km.
	On 11/24/2015 10:45:38 PM, an earthquake occurred in Peru potentially affecting About 6542 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 7.6M, Depth:600.63km.

	Green alert for tropical cyclone ANNABELLE-15. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.
	From 20/11/2015 to 24/11/2015, a Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 111 km/h) ANNABELLE-15 was active in SWIndian. The cyclone affects these countries: [unknown] (vulnerability [unknown]). Estimated population affected by category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.5M, Depth:10km) in Greece 24/11/2015 09:39 UTC, 460633 people within 100km.
	On 11/24/2015 9:39:05 AM, an earthquake occurred in Greece potentially affecting 460633 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.5M, Depth:10km.

Discussions in Virtual OSOCC

The GDACS Virtual OSOCC is a forum for emergency managers. If you are involved in an ongoing emergency as a local emergency management authority or as an international responder, please provide your information in the GDACS Virtual OSOCC. The following emergencies are currently open.

Open emergencies

Myanmar Floods

3-August-2015

updated: 13-August-2015

7.9M Earthquake in Nepal on 25 Apr 2015 06:11 UTC

25-Apr-2015

updated: 9-August-2015

EQ-2015-000048-NPL

Typhoon Maysak - FS Micronesia

31-March-2015

updated: 14-Apr-2015

Chile - floods

26-March-2015

updated: 27-Apr-2015

FL-2015-000027-CHL

Tropical Cyclone Pam

11-March-2015

updated: 30-July-2015

TC-2015-000023-VUT

Typhoon Chan-hom

11-July-2015

updated: 11-July-2015

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Created on 25 Nov 2015 08:00 +01:00.

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