Satellite-detected water extents, as of 2 November 2019 over Wajir East Sub County, Wajir County of Kenya
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✦ Suggested by OrionAI**UNOSAT code: FL20191031KEN** This map illustrates satellite-detected surface water in Wajir East Sub County, Wajir County of Kenya as observed from Sentinel-2 imagery acquired on 28 October 2019. Within the analysed extent of about 450 km2, a total of about 25 km2 of land appear to be flooded. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR - UNOSAT.
This map illustrates satellite-detected flood water extent over Wajir county, Kenya. The analysis was conducted by analyzing Sentinel-1 imagery acquired on the 4 May 2018. Within the analysis extent, around 111,800 ha of land appears to be inundated and more than 46,300 people are living inside this flood water extent.Within the analysis extent, the sub county of Wajir West presents 68,000 ha of land inundated and more than 6,100 people potentially affected while Wajir South presents ~ 26,300 ha of land inundated and ~ 19,000 people potentially affected. It is likely that flood waters have been systematically underestimated along highly vegetated areas along main river banks and within built-up urban areas because of the special characteristics of the satellite data used. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR UNOSAT.
**UNOSAT code: FL20191031KEN** This map illustrates satellite-detected surface water in Garsen Sub County, Tana River County of Kenya as observed from Sentinel-2 imagery acquired on 28 October 2019. Within the analysed extent of about 150 km2, a total about 12 km2 of land appear to be flooded. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR - UNOSAT.
**UNOSAT code: FL20231124KEN** This map illustrates satellite-detected water extent in Garissa City, Dujis County, Garissa Province, Kenya as observed from a Sentinel-2 image acquired on 26 November 2023 at 10:50 local time. Within analysed area of about 220 km², a total of about 45 km² of lands appear to be affected with flood waters. Furthermore, within the analysed area, about 6,500 buildings are identified as affected by the floods. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT).
This map illustrates potentially affected population by flooding in the eastern sub counties of Kenya. The analysis was conducted by analyzing Sentinel-1 imagery acquired on the 4 May 2018. Within the analysis extent, more than 200,000 people are potentially affected by the floods. Magarini sub county in Kilifi County, is the one with more than 40,000 people living inside flood affected areas, followed by Dadaab, Wajir South, Garsen and Malindi sub counties. Note that some sub counties have been partially analyzed depending on the area covered by satellite imagery. It is likely that flood waters have been systematically underestimated along highly vegetated areas, along main river banks and within built-up urban areas because of the special characteristics of the satellite data used. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR UNOSAT.
This map illustrates satellite-detected flood water extent over Garsen, Magarini, Malindi and Lamu West Sub Counties, Kenya. The analysis was conducted analyzing Sentinel-1 image acquired on the 4 May 2018. Within the extent of the map more than 25,000 ha of land appear to be inundated and around 20,000 people are living inside this flood water extent. Within the map extent, around 13,000 ha of inundated land are located inside Garsen sub county, potentially affecting 5,000 people. It is likely that flood waters have been systematically underestimated along highly vegetated areas along main river banks and within built-up urban areas because of the special characteristics of the satellite data used. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR UNOSAT.
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