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Flood in Sri Lanka
Monsoon rains in Sri Lanka have killed eight people, with 172 more people requiring rescue by the armed forces. Eight districts have been affected as up to 150mm of rain fell across the country.
Adverse weather conditions have closed roads and displaced many people prompting the government to deploy members of the army to provide emergency evacuation and relief efforts. Power supplies have been interrupted in many areas across the country as flood waters and falling trees took down power lines.
As the heavy rain continued, landslide warnings have been issued across several districts while 'red alert' flood warnings were issued to people in four districts living alongside major rivers.
| Type of Event: | Flood |
| Location of Event: | Sri Lanka |
| Date of Charter Activation: | 2018-05-21 |
| Time of Charter Activation: | 20:49 |
| Time zone of Charter Activation: | UTC+02:00 |
| Charter Requestor: | Disaster Management Centre, Sri Lanka |
| Activation ID: | 573 |
| Project Management: | Disaster Management Centre, Sri Lanka |
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Flood mapping extent for Rathnapura District, Sabaragumuwa Province Sri Lanka
Copyright: RADARSAT-2 Data and Products © Maxar Technologies Ltd. (2018) - All Rights Reserved. RADARSAT is an official trademark of the Canadian Space Agency.
Map produced by IWMI
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Acquired: 23/05/2018-24/0/2018
Source: RADARSAT-2
Flood mapping extent for Rathnapura District, Sri Lanka
Copyright: ALOS-2 © JAXA (2018) All rights reserved
RADARSAT-2 Data and Products © Maxar Technologies Ltd. (2018) - All Rights Reserved. RADARSAT is an official trademark of the Canadian Space Agency.
Sentinel-2 © Copernicus Sentinel data (2018)
Map produced by IWMI
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Acquired: ALOS: 23/05/2018
RADARSAT-2: 24/05/2018
Sentinel-2: 26/05/2018
Source: ALOS-2 / RADARSAT-2 / Sentinel-2
Flood mapping extent for Kalutara District, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Copyright: ALOS © JAXA (2018) All rights reserved
Landsat 8 data and products © USGS (2018) - All rights reserved
RADARSAT-2 Data and Products © Maxar Technologies Ltd. (2018) - All Rights Reserved. RADARSAT is an official trademark of the Canadian Space Agency.
Map produced by IWMI
Information about the Product
Acquired: ALOS: 23/05/2018
Landsat 8: 24/05/2018
RADARSAT-2: 24/05/2018
Source: ALOS-2 / Landsat 8 / RADARSAT-2
Flood mapping extent for Gampaha District, Sri Lanka
Copyright: ALOS © JAXA (2018) All rights reserved
Sentinel-1 © Copernicus Sentinel data (2018)
TerraSAR-X © DLR e. V. 2018, Distribution: Airbus DS Geo GmbH
Map produced by IWMI
Information about the Product
Acquired: ALOS-2: 23/05/2018
Sentinel-1: 25/05/2018
TerraSAR-X: 26/05/2018
Source: ALOS-2 / Sentinel-1 / TerraSAR-X
Flooding in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka
Copyright: ALOS © JAXA (2018) All rights reserved
Sentinel-1 © Copernicus Sentinel data (2018)
TerraSAR-X © DLR e. V. 2018, Distribution: Airbus DS Geo GmbH
Map produced by IWMI
Information about the Product
Acquired: ALOS-2: 23/05/2018
Sentinel-1: 25/05/2018
TerraSAR-X: 26/05/2018
Source: ALOS-2/TerraSAR-X /Sentinel-1
Flood mapping extent for Colombo District, Sri Lanka
Copyright: ALOS © JAXA (2018) All rights reserved
Sentinel-1 © Copernicus Sentinel data (2018)
TerraSAR-X © DLR e. V. 2018, Distribution: Airbus DS Geo GmbH
Map produced by IWMI
Information about the Product
Acquired: ALOS-2: 23/05/2018
Sentinel-1: 25/05/2018
TerraSAR-X: 26/05/2018
Source: ALOS-2 / Sentinel-1 / TerraSAR-X
Flooding in Colombo, Kalutara and Galle District, Sri Lanka
Copyright: ALOS-2 © JAXA (2018) All rights reserved
Sentinel-1 © Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2018)
Map produced by IWMI
Information about the Product
Acquired: ALOS-2: 23/05/18
Sentinel-1: 25/05/18
Source: ALOS-2 / Sentinel-1
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