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Flood - Dadaab, Northern Kenya

Thousands of Somali refugees in north-eastern Kenya have been rendered homeless after heavy rains destroyed hundreds of shelters in Dadaab refugee camp. A majority of refugees' homes in two of the three camps in Dadaab - Ifo and Dagahaley - collapsed or were washed away by torrential rains on 29 April 2005.

Type of Event:Flood
Location of Event:Dadaab, Northern Kenya
Date of Charter Activation:04/05/2005
Charter Requestor:UNOOSA on behalf of UNHCR
Project Management:UNOPS

Products

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Copyright: Map created 02/06/2005 by UNOSAT

Information about the Product

Acquired: 05/2000, 23/02/2000 General satellite image overview map of crisis area based on archived Landsat 7 satellite image acquired in February 2000 (backgound image) and archived IKONOS image acquired in May 2000 (top image)

Source: Landsat © USGS 2000, distributed by GLCF 2005 IKONOS © Space Imaging 2000, courtesy of UNHCR

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Copyright: Map created 02/06/2005 by UNOSAT

Information about the Product

Acquired: 23/02/2003, 30/05/2000, 03/02/200r10 Damage assessment map of Ifo Refugee camp based on field observations and change detection analysis of pre- (3 February 2001) and post- flooding (7 May 2005) Radarsat images. Background images are Ikonos (30 May 2000) and Landsat (23 February 2000). Floods occurred on 7 May 2005.

Source: Landsat © USGS 2000, distributed by GLCF 2005 IKONOS © Space Imaging 2000, courtesy of UNHCR RADARSAT © RADARSAT International Field information: UNHCR

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