Satellite detected water extent in Abu Hamad Locality, River Nile State, Sudan as of 19 August 2024
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✦ Suggested by OrionAIThis map illustrates satellite-detected possible flood water & saturated soil over Abu Hamad area in River Nile State, Sudan, extracted from Spot-6 imagery of 14 August 2016. UNOSAT analysis shows an increase of floods water / saturated soil around Nileside west and Abu Tin areas. This analysis has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR - UNOSAT
**UNOSAT code: FL20240826SDN, GDACS ID: 1102854** This map illustrates satellite-detected water extents Khartoum, White Nile, Aj Jazirah and Sennar States, Sudan as observed from a Sentinel-2 image acquired on 8 September 2024 at 08:06 UTC. Within the analysed area of about 80,000 km², a total of about 6,500 km² of land appears to be affected by floodwaters. Based on Worldpop population data and the flood extent, approximately 800,000 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. 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).
**UNOSAT code: FL20240826SDN, GDACS ID: 1102854** Status: Affected structures detected Further action(s): continue monitoring Summary of findings: Flooded areas and evidence of overflow were observed in Hamad City, Abu Hamad Locality, River Nile State, on August 29, 2024. Alshorta, Alshaheed Gamal (Family Health Center), and Abu Hamad Hospital are likely affected by the floodwaters. Yashgeen (Family Health Unit) and Alsilim (Family Health Center) appear to be unaffected by the floodwaters.
**UNOSAT code: FL20240826SDN, GDACS ID: 1102854** This map illustrates satellite-detected water extent in Tawkar Locality, Red Sea State, Sudan as observed from a Sentinel-2 satellite image acquired on 26 August 2024 at 10:06 local time (09:56 UTC). Within analysed area of about 4,600 km², a total of about 783 km² of land appears to be affected by floodwaters. Based on Worldpop population data and the flood extent, approximately 33,400 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. 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)
**UNOSAT code: FL20220816SDN** This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters in Barbar district, River Nile State as observed from a Sentinel-2 image acquired on 20 August 2022 at 10:25 local time. Within the analyzed area of about 780 km2, about 43 km2 of lands appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters in the analyzed area, about 7,800 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. 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 FL20220424SSD** This map illustrates cumulative satellite-detected water using VIIRS in South Sudan between 11 to 15 August 2023 compared with the period from 10 to 14 July 2023. Within the cloud free analyzed areas of about 630,000 km², a total of about 26,000 km² of lands appear to be affected with flood waters. Water extent appears to have increased of about 9,000 km² since the period between 10 to 14 July 2023. Based on Worldpop population data and the maximal flood water extent ~450,000 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. 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).
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