Satellite detected water over Beledweyne City, Hiraan Region of Somalia as of 25 May 2023

**UNOSAT code FL20230327SOM, GDACS Id: 1101908** This map illustrates the cumulative satellite-detected water affected sectors of Beledweyne City in Hiiran Region, Somalia as detected from the analysis of a satellite Jilin-1 images acquired on 12 May 2023 and Pleiades acquired on 25 May 2023. Beletweyne is heavily affected by floods and about 67% of the town and its vicinity is largely inundated; the sectors called Kutimbo Neighborhood and Lamagalay Regional Military Base appear to be the most affected by floodwaters. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT)

**UNOSAT code FL20230327SOM, GDACS Id: 1101908** This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters over Beledweyne City, Beledweyne District, Hiraan Region of Somalia as observed from a Sentinel-2 image acquired on 19 May 2023 at 07:28 UTC. Within the analysed area of 166 km², about 63 km² of land appear to be flooded. Water extent appears to have increased by about 9 km² since 14 May 2023. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT).

**UNOSAT code: FL20200428SOM** This map illustrates the flood-affected sectors of Beletweyne town in Hiraan Region, Somalia as detected from the analysis of an ICEYE satellite image acquired on 16 May 2020. Within the analysed area of about 30 km2, a total of 8 km2 of land appear to be flooded in BeletWeyne town and surroundings. This is a preliminary analysis and has not been validated in the field yet. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR-UNOSAT.

**UNOSAT code FL20231105SOM** This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters in Beledweyne City, Beledweyne District, Hiraan Region, Somalia, 12 November 2023 at 07:32 UTC. Within the analysed area of about 50 km2 about 14 km2 of land appear to be flooded. Furthermore, within the analysed area about 22,000 buildings are identified as potentially affected by the floods. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT).

This map illustrates satellite-detected flood water extent over the district of Belet Weyne, Hiraan region, Somalia using a SAR image from 06 May 2018 and an optical VHR image over Beledweyne town. More than 2800 km2 of lands were assessed and about 19,000 ha (190km2) appear to be inundated which corresponds to about to about 7% of the total analysed zone. In this analysed area and according to WorldPop data the population is estimated to ~126,000 people, ~ 32,000 live in the flooded zone and about 70,000 within 100 meters distance from the flooded areas. 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 within the town of Belet Weyne in Belet Weyne District,Hiiran Region, Somalia. The analysis was conducted analyzing GeoEye-1 image acquired on the 30 April 2018. As observed from the satellite image, the town of Belet Weyne is completely affected by the floods. More than 50% of the extension of the town is totally inundated, being the districts of Bulahabley, Bundaweyn, Dhagahjebis, Hilac, Hindab and Lamagalay Regional Military Based completely submerged in water. The areas of partially flooded districts present affected roads and buildings. Districts located in the north of the town are partially or completely obscured by the clouds but they might be totally flooded as well, due to the observations in the surrounding areas of the district. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR UNOSAT.