Aktuelle Katastrophenmeldungen von GDACS

Die Katastrophenmeldungen stehen leider nur in englischer Sprache zur Verfügung.

The Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System provides near real-time alerts about natural disasters around the world and tools to facilitate response coordination, including media monitoring, map catalogues and Virtual On-Site Operations Coordination Centre.

• Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0100

  Green alert: Tropical Storm HUBERT-10 affected few people with wind speeds of hurricane strength or stronger in Madagascar.

  Tropical Storm HUBERT-10 affected few people with winds above 39mph (63 km/h) and few people with hurricane wind strengths (74mph or 119 km/h). In addition, few people are living in coastal areas below 5m and can therefore be affected by storm surge.

• Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:47 +0000

  Green earthquake alert Northern Mariana Is.(M=6) potentially affecting no people.

  On 3/8/2010 9:47:10 AM, an earthquake of magnitude 6 and depth 446.5km occurred in Northern Mariana Is.. This earthquake potentially affected no people.

• Mon, 8 Mar 2010 02:32 +0000

  Green earthquake alert Turkey(M=6.1) potentially affecting 1.3 million people.

  On 3/8/2010 2:32:34 AM, an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 and depth 12km occurred in Turkey. This earthquake potentially affected 1.3 million people.

• Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00 +0000

  Green flood alert in Uganda

  March 8, 2010: "e;Kampala ? Over 500 residents in three villages in Fort portal district are homeless after heavy rains swept off their houses and property.The villages that have been bit with deadly floods include Mutumba Zone, Kigwo and Kimanyika we...

• Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00 +0000

  Green flood alert in Kenya

  March 8, 2010: "e;Three more people have died as a result of floods in parts of Kenya, according to the latest statistics from the Kenya Red Cross and government officials.Kenya Red Cross communications director Titus Mung"e;ou on Saturday told th...

• Tue, 2 Mar 2010 00:00 +0000

  Green flood alert in Peru

  March 4, 2010: "e;At least seven deaths, and several houses inundated, is the tragic result of another flood that took place yesterday in the Cusco district of Pisac, where the Quitamayo river surged and flooded all the area. Jorge Béjar Gonzales, pro...

• Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:00 +0000

  Green flood alert in Serbia

  March 4, 2010: "e;Flood,Serbia Montenegro: Heavy rains and rapid slow melting have caused floods in the eastern and central part of Serbia damaging and flooding 1,306 households and affecting more than 3,150 people."e;

• Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:00 +0000

  Green flood alert in Ethiopia

  March 4, 2010: "e;Around 1,000 families have been displaced by flooding after heavy rains in an area straddling the border between Ethiopia and the self-declared independent republic of Somaliland, according to officials."e;

• Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:00 +0000

  Green flood alert in Zambia

  March 2, 2010: "e;Flood,Zambia: 11 districts have been affected by floods in the country. The districts are in North Western and Lusaka provinces.."e;

• Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00 +0000

  Green flood alert in Haiti

  March 1, 2010: "e;At least eight people have been killed in floods triggered by heavy rain in Haiti, officials have said.The deaths occurred in or near the southeastern port city of Les Cayes which was swamped by more than 1.5m (5ft) of water. Officia...

• Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00 +0000

  Green flood alert in Australia

  March 8, 2010: "Once-in-a-century flooding has caused hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage in southwest Queensland, with authorities focusing on hard-hit communities after the town of St George escaped the worst.St George, the township at the c...