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Selected ZKI activations from 2003 onwards
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 | Flood in Somalia31. May 2023After heavy rainfalls between March and May 2023, Somalia was hit by widespread floods. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), more than 460,000 people have been affected within the last two months by this disaster.This map product illustrates the... read more |
 | Floods in Mozambique: ZKI supports with information on flood duration23. February 2023Since October 2022, the cyclonic season impacted thousands of people across Mozambique. After storms and heavy rain, coastal areas of southern Mozambique were hit by severe floods, especially the province Maputo. Roads have been cut and houses damaged. Cyclone Freddy could exacerbate this situation... read more |
 | Earthquake in Turkey and Syria07. February 2023On February 6, 2023, an earthquake with a magnitude 7.8 occurred in the Gaziantep region of southeastern Turkey, followed by numerous aftershocks up to magnitude 7.5. Many regions and cities have been affected, especially in the Turkish-Syrian border area. The total number of casualties is still unk... read more |
 | Exercise: ZKI operation during drone exercise with emergency workers in the Ahr Valley28. October 2022On October 28 and 29, 2022, a drone exercise took place for the second time in the Ahr Valley under the joint management of the Bavarian Red Cross (BRK), Department Rettungsdienst – Sicherheitsforschung and the DLR/ZKI.Four different drones from four different research projects were operating in the... read more |
 | Floods in Chad: ZKI supports with information on flood development24. October 2022Persisting heavy rainfalls since August led to severe flooding in southern and central Chad. In addition to the exceptionally high rainfall, the country has been partially affected by storms and flash floods. According to the United Nations, this affected more than 1 million people and destroyed nea... read more |
 | Floods in Pakistan: ZKI supports with information on flood duration08. September 2022After heavy monsoon rains since mid-June, Pakistan was hit by severe floods. This historic event caused large parts of the country to be submerged, leaving houses, infrastructure and cropland washed away. The affected population is currently lacking access to medical treatment and healthcare, hundre... read more |
 | Storms and heavy rain cause floods in Western Germany15. July 2021In western Germany, prolonged heavy rain caused numerous floods. People lost their lives, numerous buildings and infrastructures were destroyed. Places in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate are particularly affected. ZKI is supporting the emergency and rescue teams with a range of activ... read more |
 | Tornado in South Moravia, Czech Republic24. June 2021An unusually strong tornado by European Standards, reaching category F3/F4, passed through the South Moravian region of the Czech Republic on June 24, 2021. The tornado claimed several casualties and more than 200 injuries. Seven villages located between Břeclav and Hodonín were devastated by the de... read more |
 | DLR supports detection of Cyclone Eloise’s impacts on Eswatini29. January 2021Several Southern African countries were hit by Cyclone Eloise, which made landfall near Beira, Mozambique on 23rd of January 2021. Although it mostly dissipated on its path over Southern Africa, several thousands of people are affected by its impacts. Amongst the most affected countries, Eswatini ha... read more |
 | Artificial Intelligence supports the mapping of damages in Moria08. September 2020Europe’s largest refugee camp which has originally been designed to give shelter to less than 3,000 people kept on growing to around 12,000 refugees in September 2020. As a result, unofficial campgrounds grew around Moria with people living in flammable tarpaulin tents and provisional huts. The situ... read more |
 | Explosion in Beirut, Lebanon07. August 2020On August 4, 2020, a heavy explosion in Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon, killed over a hundred people and left many hundred thousand homeless. The explosion took place in the harbour area at 18:08 local time. It was probably caused by a large quantity of ammonium nitrate stored at a warehouse in... read more |
 | ZKI-Support for India and 6 other disaster regions17. July 2020Within the framework of the International Charter 'Space and Major Disasters', DLR-ZKI has been activated seven times in the past two weeks, six of the activations being due to heavy rainfall with subsequent flooding and landslides in Asia (Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Japan, and Mya... read more |
 | Cyclon Amphan - DLR supports with satellite images29. May 2020On May 20, 2020, tropical cyclone Amphan made landfall on the northeast coast of India and the south coast of Bangladesh. According to the Indian Meteorological Service, it is one of the worst storms in the region in the last 20 years. More than three million people were taken to emergency shelters... read more |
 | Innovative analyses as possible triggers for a satellite-based recording - Experimental map products based on heterogeneous data streams like Twitter and media analysis tools03. April 2020In order to ensure a continuous improvement of satellite-based crisis information, ZKI is involved, i. a. together with the DLR project UKIS, in the research of new applied methods and the development of relevant products for the users in disaster management, humanitarian aid and civil security. The... read more |
 | DRIVER+ Trial "Austria" and IRONORE2019 on 12th to 14th September 2019, Eisenerz/Austria17. September 2019To strengthen crisis management, the EU-project DRIVER+ (Driving Innovation in Crisis Management for European Resilience) conducted the fourth Trial, this time in the Eisenerz region (Styria, Austria) from 12 to 14 September 2019. Innovative solutions have been assessed by experts based on an earthq... read more |
 | Vegetation fires in Germany - ZKI supports with current situation maps based on satellite and aerial data02. July 2019In large parts of Germany there has been a high risk of forest fires for weeks, sometimes level 5 of 5. North-eastern Germany is particularly affected. Since 30.06.2019, outstanding vegetation fires have been fought there with cross-border support. Near Lübtheen (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania), an a... read more |
 | Tropical Cyclone Idai hits Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi25. March 2019The Tropical Cyclone Idai is regarded as one of the worst tropical cyclones on record to affect Africa and the Southern Hemisphere as a whole. The storm caused catastrophic damage in multiple nations, leaving so far more than 600 people dead and hundreds more missing. Idai brought strong winds and c... read more |
 | Dam Collapse in Brazil29. January 2019A dam burst at an iron mine in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais near the village Brumadinho released a wave of red iron waste. Satellite data has already been made available as part of the International Charter "Space and Major Disasters". DLR supports the crisis management activities w... read more |
 | Extreme Snow conditions in Bavaria - ZKI-DE supports with remote sensing products16. January 2019Since January 5, 2019 the whole Alpine foothills are affected by heavy snow falls. Therefore, in five Bavarian districts a state of emergency was declared. The heavy snow falls led to high snow loads, snow drifts and increased occurrence of avalanches. The massive snow had a huge impact on traffic a... read more |
 | Fire disaster in California – DLR supports with FireBIRD data15. November 2018A, for the season, unusual drought lead to devastating forest fires in California. So far several hundred thousand people were evacuated and dozen deaths were registered. Butte County, located in Northern California, is especially affected. Satellite data has already been made available as part of t... read more |
 | Hurricane Florence – DLR provides satellite information17. September 2018On September 14th, 2018, hurricane Florence made landfall on the coast of North Carolina, USA. In the frame of the International Charter Space and Major Disasters, DLR supports the crisis management activities... read more |
 | FireBIRD monitors forest fires in California19. December 2017In December 2017, wild fires have been burning in parts of California. On December 12, 2017, DLR’s TET-1 satellite captured major hot spots in the region. TET-1 is one of the two satellites of the FireBIRD mission. With its spatial resolution of 320 m the system has a much higher spatial resolution... read more |
 | Hurricane Harvey - DLR supports Texas with satellite data29. August 2017On August 26th, 2017, hurricane Harvey made landfall on the coast of Texas. Massive amounts of rain have caused extensive flooding in parts of southeastern Texas, including Fort Bend, Brazoria and Galeston Counties, as well as Harris County and wide areas of Houston. Five people have reportedly died... read more |
 | DLR supports the Protestant Kirchentag30. May 2017About 100.000 people finally joined the 36th German Protestant Kirchentag in Wittenberg on 28th May 2017. The German Aerospace Center (DLR) supported the traffic and security management of the festive major event in two different ways: (1) the team of the DLR project “VABENE acquired aerial imagery... read more |
 | Fire disaster in Chile – ZKI uses FireBIRD to deliver situational information24. January 2017On January 24, 2017, the International Charter 'Space and Major Disasters' was activated for forest fires in Chile. The DLR/ZKI is responsible for the Project Management of this Charter Call and supports the ‘Chilean National Office of Emergency of the Interior Ministry’ (ONEMI) of Chile wit... read more |
 | DLR FireBIRD mission provides data of recent fires in Israel and the West Bank01. December 2016On Tuesday, November 22, 2016, wildfires started in Israel and spread rapidly over the country on the following days. On November 25 at 11:25 UTC, DLR’s TET-1 satellite captured major hot spots in the region. TET-1 is one of the two satellites of the FireBIRD mission... read more |
 | Hurricane Matthew in the Dominican Republic08. October 2016On October 05, 2016, the International Charter 'Space and Major Disasters' was activated for floods and landslides in the Dominican Republic caused by Hurricane Matthew. The DLR/ZKI is responsible for the Project Management of this Charter Call and supports the National Emergency Commission... read more |
 | DLR FireBIRD mission provides data of recent fires in Portugal19. August 2016On the night from August 7 to August 8 an emergency has been declared in the Porto region of Portugal, where wildfires spread. Over several days fires burned before it was possible to get them under control. From August 11 to August 14 it was possible to monitor the fires in Portugal using DLR’s TE... read more |
 | Forest fire exercise in Catalonia (Pilot demonstration PHAROS-System)01. March 2016From the 2nd to 4th of March 2016 forest fire exercises by Catalonian firefighters and wildfire experts take place near the city of Solsona, Catalonia. These exercises are utilized as pilot demonstration for the PHAROS system in close cooperation with regional decision makers, and further supported... read more |
 | Earthquake in Nepal on April 25, 201526. April 2015On April 25, 2015 a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit the Himalayan region. The epicentre was located between the Nepalese capital Kathmandu and the city of Pokhara. The event and several aftershocks caused wide ranging destruction. Authorities estimate that more than 2000 people were killed and many mor... read more |
 | Exercise of the Bavarian Red Cross (BRK), 25 April 2015, Kitzingen/Bavaria25. April 2015On 24 and 25 April 2015, an exercise of the Bavarian Red Cross (BRK) of the local league Kitzingen, in cooperation witth civil security research unit of the German Red Cross (DRK), general secretary Berlin, has taken place on the former USAF airfield Kitzingen. During this exercise called “ConneKT... read more |
 | Eruption of Calbuco Volcano in Chile24. April 2015The Calbuco volcano in southern Chile erupted on Wednesday, 22 April 2015 for the first time in over 42 years sending a plume of ash into the sky. The eruption triggered a Red Alert in the Los Lagos Region of Chile. Thousands of people within a 20 km radius of the volcano have been evacuated. The In... read more |
 | Eruption of Villarrica Volcano in Chile05. March 2015Villarrica is one of Chile's most active volcanoes, and had been showing signs of activity since the start of February, leading to close observation of the volcano in the event that a eruption occurred. It finally erupted on 3 March 2015, sending ash and lava up into the sky in a display which w... read more |
 | Flood in Malawi13. January 2015Wide spread rainfall associated with high rainfall amounts in the catchment areas of Shire and Zambesi rivers triggered flash floods and flooding in several areas in Southern Malawi and Mozambique. The International Charter Space and Major Disasters has been activated for this flood event. Here, the... read more |
 | Exercise of the Medical Task Force of Germany, 24 - 26. October 2014, Lehnin/Brandenburg28. October 2014Between 24 and 26 October 2014, an exercise of the Medical Task Force of Germany (MTF) has taken place on the military training ground Lehnin, Landkreis Brandenburg-Mittelmark (Germany). During this exercise called Flinker Oktopus the immediate treatment of injuries as a consequence of an explosion... read more |
 | German Unity Day 201420. October 2014For the preparation of the official festivities for the German Unity Day in Hannover on October 2nd and 3rd, 2014, the Center for Satellite Based Crisis Information (ZKI) provided reference information to the planning committee. A satellite image of August 28th, 2014 with a spatial solution of 0,5m... read more |
 | Fires in the Dominican Republic31. July 2014In July 20, 2014, several forest fires occurred in the Valle Nuevo National Park, La Vega Province, Dominican Republic. Approximately 4,700 hectares of pine and other ancient timber forest have been devastated. Around 700 firefighters were in action to get the fire under control... read more |
 | Balkan floods: National Service ZKI-DE activated26. May 2014The Balkans are enduring the worst floods since records began 120 years ago. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, more than one million people have been affected by the flood disaster. The floods may have dislodged thousands of landmines and contaminated drinking water resources. Several dam breaches have bee... read more |
 | Typhoon in Philippines11. November 2013The typhoon Haiyan is one of the most powerful storms ever recognized, and has caused devastating demolition in the Philippines. Officials estimate more than 10,000 people have died. Hundreds of thousands of people are displaced. The Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) tasked the Center for Sa... read more |
 | Campaign for the airborne and satellite-based observation during Landesfeuerwehrtag Baden-Württemberg 201320. June 2013As the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in collaboration with the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK) demonstrated in Stuttgart, Germany, remote sensing can significantly contribute to situation awareness in the context of civil defense. In the occasion of the Landesfeuerwe... read more |
 | Floods in Germany: National Service ZKI-DE activated03. June 2013The German Joint Information and Situation Centre (GMLZ) tasked the Center for Satellite Based Crisis Information (ZKI) with the creation of satellite and aerial image-based situation information covering the regions most affected by the current floods in Thuringia, Saxony, Bavaria and Baden-Wuertte... read more |
 | VABENE system test during evaluation event of Helmholtz Association, 22 - 24 April 2013, Cologne12. April 2013During an evaluation event of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres in Cologne Porz, between 22 and 24 April 2013, the German Aerospace Center is conducting a flight campaign within the VABENE project. Here, high resolution aerial imagery are acquired in real-time mode using the 3K+ a... read more |
 | Refugee / IDP Camp Mapping in Jordan08. January 2013Ongoing violence in Syria has led thousands of people to leave their country and to flee to neighbouring Jordan. More than 40,000 people have found accomodation in Al Zaatari refugee camp and even more people are expected to arrive. In addition to this tense situation heavy rainfalls have caused sev... read more |
 | UEFA Champions League final, 19 May 2012, Munich, Germany21. May 2012During the UEFA Champions League final on 19 May 2012 in Munich, Germany, the German Aerospace Centre conducted an exercise in cooperation with BBK Germany. During this exercise very high resolution imagery were acquired simultaneously applying three different sensor plattforms: Satellite (TerraSAR-... read more |
 | Tropical storm in Mozambique02. March 2012On March 2, 2012, Tropical storm IRINA struck Madagascar at about 00:00 GMT and is forecasted to strike Mozambique as a tropical cyclone at about 20:00 GMT on March 3. IRINA was expected to bring 1-minute maximum sustained winds to the region of around 130 km/h (80 mph). The cyclone was expected to... read more |
 | Flood in Bulgaria10. February 2012Due to heavy snow that has covered Bulgaria in the beginning of February 2012, several dams were overflowing. On Monday, 6 February, the Ivanovo dam wall broke due to severe weather conditions. The released water inundated the villages of Biser and Leshnikovo in south eastern Bulgaria. Several other... read more |
 | Flood in Mozambique24. January 2012On January 16, 2012, Mozambique’s coast was hit by the tropical depression Dando followed by cyclone Funso. With wind speeds up to 220 km/h and torrential rains the storms have caused severe damages and floods. About 13,000 people as well as communication and infrastructure along the coast have been... read more |
 | Fires in Chile03. January 2012Since December 27, 2011, a massive forest fire raged through the Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia, Chile and has destroyed an area of about 125 sq km. Hundreds of military personnel and fire fighters were deployed at the scene to fight the blaze and managed to bring the fire under control... read more |
 | Forest fires in Bulgaria23. November 2011On November 21, 2011, forest fires were reported near the village of Treklyano, Kjustendil province (western Bulgaria) in a mountanious area close to the Serbian border. On November 22, 2011 the GMES SAFER mechanism was activated through the National Focal Point of Bulgaria. High resolution, new and... read more |
 | Forest fires in Romania08. November 2011On November 06, 2011, heath and forest fires were reported in the mountain region near Sibiu in Romania. The map shows the burnt area extent derived by semi- automatic image analysis of SPOT-5 data (2.5 m resolution) acquired on November 08, 2011. As derived from the analysis of the satellite data a... read more |
 | Earthquake in Turkey on October 23, 201123. October 2011On Sunday October 23, 2011 an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 at 5 km depth hit the province of Van in eastern Turkey, followed by a series of powerful aftershocks of magnitudes up to 5.6. The epicentre was located at the village of Tabanli 19 km Northeast of the city of Van between the Van Lake... read more |
 | Parking occupancy at the NRW-Day and German Unity Day, Bonn 2011, Germany.27. September 2011On October, 2-3, 2011, a flight campaign was conducted within the VABENE project of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in close cooperation with the Bonn policy department. Within this campaign, high resolution aerial imagery using the 3K aerial photo camera have been acquired. In order to improve th... read more |
 | EU CARPATHEX exercise on CBRN threats held in the Podkarpackie Region, Poland14. September 2011EU CARPATHEX is a full scale exercise, which aims at improving the response of European Civil Protection Mechanisms to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) threats. For that purpose, major emergency situations were simulated in the province Podkarpackie of Poland. In support of this... read more |
 | Floods in Pakistan12. September 2011After heavy monsoon rains in August and September 2011, the province Sindh in the south of Pakistan was hit by severe floods. More than 300 people have been killed and around 8 million acres of agricultural land have been affected. 1.8 million people have been made homeless, 7.5 million were affecte... read more |
 | Famine in East Africa28. July 2011East Africa was hit by the worst famine in more than 60 years, affecting about 3.7 Million people in Somalia alone. Due to the instable political situation in the country, the distribution of relief goods was immensely hampered. As a result thousands of people were fleeing from famine and violence t... read more |
 | Explosion on naval base in Cyprus19. July 2011On July 11, 2011, heavy explosions on the Evangelos Florakis Naval Base near Mari, southern Cyprus, killed 12 people, injured 64 and severely damaged the adjacent Vasilikos Power Station. Wildfires have led to the denotation of a confiscated munition storage. The power station which provided about 5... read more |
 | Volcanic eruption in Chile08. June 2011On June 4, 2011 the Puyehue Cordón-Caulle vulcano area in Chile has entered in an eruptive process, with explosions resulting in a 10 km high plume of ash. This has been reported by Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN), Observatorio Volcanológico de los Andes del Sur (OVDAS). Due to... read more |
 | Dune fires in the Netherlands04. May 2011On May 01, 2011, a major heath fire was reported in the coastal region near Schoorl, North Holland, Netherlands. The fires spread quickly and 160 fire officers and several helicopters were involved in tackling the blaze. On May 04, the fire was reported to be under control.On May 02, 2011 the GMES S... read more |
 | Forest fires in Bulgaria11. April 2011Forest fires were reported on April 09, 2011, in south-western Bulgaria near the villages of Gostun and Osenovo. The fires destroyed more than 200 hectares of pine forests and have not been brought under control within the following two days. Mountainous parts and inaccessible terrain hampered fire... read more |
 | Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan11. March 2011An earthquake of magnitude 8.8 hit north-east Japan followed by a series of powerful aftershocks and Tsunamis. The epicentre of the earthquake was located 400 km away from the capital Tokyo at a depth of 32 km. The earthquake occurred at 14:46 local time (05:46 GMT) on March 11. The areas most affec... read more |
 | Civil unrest in Libya24. February 2011The Libyan civil unrest began on 15 February 2011 as a series of protests and confrontations against the Government and its leader Muammad al-Gaddafi and has since become a widespread uprising which is continuing to present. Protests have centred on Libya's two largest cities, the capital of Tri... read more |
 | Oil spill in Norway19. February 2011On February 17, 2011, the Icelandic vessel Godafoss stranded near the southern Norwegian coast, about 100 km south of Oslo. Two oil tanks of the vessel were breached and an oil spill threatened the Ytre Hvaler Marine National Park. ZKI provides disaster extent maps in the framework of GMES Emergency... read more |
 | Floods in Germany10. January 2011The combination of snow and ice melting as well as heavy rainfall caused floods along many rivers in Germany, among them the Rivers Oder, Saale and Weiße Elster in eastern Germany, and the Rivers Rhine and Mosel in western Germany. After first flood waves in early January and afterwards decreasing w... read more |
 | Floods in Albania07. December 2010Three weeks of heavy rainfall and recent snow melt caused flooding in the northwestern regions of Albania in December 2010. More than 12,000 people have been moved from their homes. The situation around the town of Shkoder is described as critical, with 2500 homes and 14,000 hectares of agricultural... read more |
 | Floods in Croatia02. December 2010Increased water inflow from storage lakes, snow melt and strong precipitation caused floods in various parts of Croatia in the beginning of December, 2010. Numerous roads and towns have been inundated. Among the most affected areas are the surroundings of Metkovi? and the county of Lika-Senj. ZKI pr... read more |
 | Hurricane Tomas in Haiti, November 201007. November 2010On November 5, 2010 Winds of up to 80 mph ripped through parts of Haiti as the tropical storm Tomas grew into a Category 1 hurricane. One of the hardest hit area was Leogane, where flooding forced families to flee. In the capital, Port-au-Prince, Tomas turned streets into canals of flowing garbage... read more |
 | Tsunami in Indonesia, October 201029. October 2010On October 25, 2010 a tsunami triggered by an earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, killed more than 300 people. Numerous houses were destroyed by the tsunami flood waves. The earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 struck 20km (13 miles) below the sea floor close to the Mentawai islands. ZKI p... read more |
 | Mudflood in Hungary, October 201011. October 2010On October 04, 2010, a reservoir dam holding waste of an aluminium plant broke near the village Kolontár in the Veszprém district of Hungary. The emergent mud flood mixed with flood water from a stream and swept through the villages Kolontár, Devecser and Somlóvásárhely and the surrounding country... read more |
 | Floods on the river Schwarze Elster (Germany) 201006. October 2010On September 30, 2010, heavy rainfall caused a dam to breach on the river Schwarze Elster near the village of Meuselko in the Wittenberg district of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. As a result of this fields and forests were flooded. The water threatened to destabilize other dykes in the region. ZKI provide... read more |
 | Flood in Slovenia, September 201021. September 2010Due to heavy rainfall since September 17, 2010 large areas in Slovenia are affected by floods. The most affected areas are the capital Ljubljana and its surroundings as well as the region Posavje in the south-eastern part of Slovenia. Thousands of people have been affected or are threatened by water... read more |
 | Flood in Senegal, September 201010. September 2010Due to heavy rainfall since September 2, 2010 large areas in Senegal are affected by floods. One of the most affected areas is the capital Dakar with its suburban areas, affecting more than 30,000 households. According to information received from UN-OCHA some roads as well as critical infrastructur... read more |
 | Flooding along the river Niger in August 201012. August 2010Since June West and Central Africa was suffering from a severe drought. In early August (7th to 9th of August) a large low pressure system caused heavy rains resulting in floods along the Niger river. Thousands of homes were flooded, especially in the surroundings of Niamey. As the water levels are... read more |
 | Floods on the River Neisse (border triangle Czech Republic-Poland-Germany)11. August 2010Beginning of August 2010 heavy rains in Central Europe caused floods in the border triangle of Czech Republic, Poland and Germany. Although a lot of effort was put in evacuating people, several persons died due to the inundations and severe damages to households and infrastructure were reported. The... read more |
 | Flood in Pakistan, July and August 201003. August 2010In July and August, 2010, after heavy monsoon rains, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, was hit by severe floods. Estimates speak of at least 1,300 people killed, 3.700 houses destroyed and 45 bridges swept away. More than a million people were directly affected by the flood. ZKI provides... read more |
 | Flood in Burkina Faso31. July 2010In mid-July the entire Sahel of western Africa was affected by heavy rainfall. In Burkina Faso the weather changed abruptly from dry to wet with very heavy rainfall on 21st and 22nd July. This resulted in extensive flooding with severe damages and many people lost their livelihood. ZKI provides Refe... read more |
 | Flooding in Bulgaria27. July 2010Since mid of July, heavy rainfalls have caused extensive floodings in Bulgaria. The floods affected especially the Pazardzhik district in central southern Bulgaria. The main road between Pazardhzik and Plovdiv as well as the highway between Sofia and Plovidiv have been flooded. Further roads and hou... read more |
 | Flood in Romania and Moldova29. June 2010End of June 2010, heavy rainfalls unleashed floods in northern and eastern Romania. Numerous people were reported dead and hundreds had to be evacuated from their homes. Several roads and hundreds of hectares of farmland were inundated, dozens of houses destroyed and several bridges damaged. Further... read more |
 | Tropical Cyclone Phet - Flash flood along the Sindh Coast of Karachi10. June 2010On June 6, 2010 the tropical cyclone Phet made landfall at the town of Thatta in Pakistan, 50 km South of Karachi. Strong rain intensity as a consequence of the cyclone led to collapsing mud houses and submerging roads in Karachi and surrounding areas. ZKI provides Flood Maps for the World Food Prog... read more |
 | Floods on the River Oder (German-Polish Border)28. May 2010During the middle of May, a low-pressure area over Ukraine lead to a very intense rainfall in southern Poland. Between May 16, 2010 and May 18, 2010 a rainfall amount of 300 l/m² was registered in the catchment area of the Oder (Southern Poland and Czech Republic). These heavy rainfall intensities l... read more |
 | Floods in Sri Lanka on May 14, 201021. May 2010Since Friday, 14 May 2010, heavy monsoon rains resulted in high water levels, flash floods and landslides in 14 districts, particularly in the south-western parts of Sri Lanka. Altogether, more than 500,000 persons are affected by the floods, including displacement of more than 17,000 people and 20... read more |
 | Oil spill disaster after the loss of the oil rig 'Deepwater Horizon' in the Gulf of Mexico28. April 2010On April 21, 2010 a momentous explosion occured on the oil rig Deepwater Horizon located in the Gulf of Mexico about 80 km off the coast of Louisiana, USA. The oil rig caught fire and 11 workers were missing after the incident and are believed to be dead. On the following day the oil rig sank to the... read more |
 | Exercise: Traffic flows and area occupation analysis at 'bauma' trade fair in Munich, Germany22. April 2010On April 24, 2010, during the 'bauma 2010' trade fair, the VABENE project of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) cooperated with the Munich police department in an exercise using the 3K aerial photo camera. An analysis of the traffic flows and occupation of available parking space was part of... read more |
 | Earthquake in the Qinghai province in China on April 14, 201014. April 2010On April 14, 2010, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 hit the Yushu prefecture in the Qinghai province of China, followed by several aftershocks. Many hundred people were reported dead, injured or missing. Buildings collapsed or were severly damaged. Road network and communication lines were inte... read more |
 | Earthquake in Turkey on March 8, 201010. March 2010On March 8, 2010, an earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck the eastern part of Turkey near the city of Elazig. Many aftershocks followed. Numerous residential buildings in the adjacent villages were distroyed, according to press reports 51 people were killed and hundreds became homeless. This mapping a... read more |
 | Floods in Hungary on March 201008. March 2010The Tisza is the second largest river in Hungary and the longest confluent of the Danube. Despite of last years' river training efforts, there are often floodings along the river. This happened at the end of February and beginning of March 2010, when snow melting and rainfalls resulted in rising... read more |
 | Flooding in Madeira on February 20, 201023. February 2010Heavy rainfall on Saturday, 20th of February caused floods and landslides on the Atlantic island of Madeira. At least 48 people were reported dead and 120 injured, while some were still missing. The higher parts of the capital Funchal were hit particularly bad where complete houses were swept away... read more |
 | Earthquakes in Haiti on January 12, 201013. January 2010On January 12, 2010 a severe earthquake took place at the Coast of Haiti with a magnitude of 7.0 causing major damage. The epicentre was registred about 10 km deep and 16 km southwest of the capital city Port-au-Prince. In the city a large number of buildings such as the palace, government and UN-bu... read more |
 | Floods in Albania on January 201008. January 2010Heavy rainfalls and unusually warm weather have caused flooding in the northwestern region of Albania since January 4, 2010. Furthermore, the authorities were forced to open the gates of a hydropower station dam to prevent it from breaking. More than 3,500 people have already been evacuated and more... read more |
 | Earthquakes in Sumatra / Indonesia on September 30 and October 1, 200901. October 2009On September 30, 2009, a severe earthquake took place in the Indian Ocean with a magnitude of 7.9 and several aftershocks. The epicentre was registered about 50 km north-eastern of Padang in a depth of 85 km. Heavy shocks caused the collapse of many buildings and bridges, fires broke out and major p... read more |
 | Flash floods near Istanbul, Turkey, September 11th, 200912. September 2009Heavy rainfall has caused severe flooding in Istanbul and northwestern Turkey on September 8, 2009, killing at least 30 people, destroying bridges and flooding houses and streets. The map shows pre-event water extents (as detected on March 24, 2009) in the area west of Istanbul, compared to those an... read more |
 | Forest fires in Greece24. August 2009Several forest fires occurred since August 21, 2009 in the prefecture Attica, north-east of Athen, Greece. The fires, fanned by strong winds, destroyed thousands of hectares of forest land, farming fields and olive groves. Many residents had to be evacuated from their homes. The maps show burnt area... read more |
 | Forest fires on the Canary Island of La Palma, Spain08. August 2009Several forest fires occurred between July 31, 2009 and August 3, 2009 on the Canary Island of La Palma, Spain. 30 houses and several vineyards were destroyed. More than 4000 residents were evacuated from the area on August 1, 2009. The map shows the burnt areas as well as the locations of active fi... read more |
 | Forest fires in Sardinia, Italy29. July 2009From July 23, 2009, to July 25, 2009, several forest fires occurred in Sardinia, Italy, causing at least 2 deaths. Many residents had to leave their homes. The maps show the burnt areas and the spread of the fires. The burnt areas were derived by a classification of ALOS AVNIR-2 and SPOT4 data with... read more |
 | Landslide in Nachterstedt, Germany, July 18th, 2009, at around 5:40 AM22. July 2009A landslide occurred on July 18, 2009, at around 5:40 AM in Nachterstedt in the German state Saxony-Anhalt. The resulting breakline has a length of 350 m. A two-story building, parts of an apartment building and parts of a street slid down. The former mining area was still at risk of further earth m... read more |
 | Landslide in Aini Jamoat, Tajikistan18. May 2009On May 14th, 2009, heavy rainfall led to a mudflow in Aini Jamoat in the Khatlon province in western Tajikistan. About 6000 people were affected by the event, 200 houses were destroyed and about 300 families had to be displaced. The disaster site is located 30 km from Kurgan Teppa city and 75 km sou... read more |
 | Flooding in Maranhão and Piauí, Brazil11. May 2009In April and May, 2009, heavy and long lasting rainfall led to serious flooding in the north of Brazil. Ten of the 26 states of Brazil were heavily affected by the floods. Several people were killed and more than 300,000 displaced. Most of the fatalities have occurred in Brazil's northeast. The... read more |
 | NATO summit in Strasbourg / France02. April 2009On April 4, 2009, the leaders of the 26 NATO countries met in Kehl and Strasbourg. Extensive security measures were being implemented in both cities. In the course of the ARGOS project, satellite images of both cities on that day were taken to provide examples for the possibilities and limitations o... read more |
 | Flooding of Kavango, Namibia and Angola25. March 2009Heavy rains in Angola and parts of Zambia's Western Province led to flooding in Namibia's north and north-eastern parts. On March 18, 2009, emergency was declared in the concerned areas where floods have caused large-scale destruction to homes, schools, health facilities, mahangu and maize f... read more |
 | Severe flooding in northern Namibia01. March 2009Similar to the year before, severe flooding affected northern Namibia due to heavy local rains and inflow of water from northern regions during late February and March 2009. Due to the complex drainage pattern in the region, satellite observation is an important tool to provide an overview of the la... read more |
 | Demonstration of traffic monitoring from space - Example case: Australian bushfires11. February 2009A traffic monitoring system developed by the Remote Sensing Technology Institute (IMF) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) allows the monitoring of instantaneous traffic circulation also during disasters. This nearly fully automatic processor was tested by ZKI during the devastating bushfires in Au... read more |
 | ZKI maps floods in Mexico03. November 2008Since October, heavy rain caused floodings in several states of Mexico, affecting farmland, motorways and thousands of homes. The towns of Tenosique, Balancan, Emiliano Zapata and Jonuta, which are located along the River Usumacinta, have been particularly affected by the flooding. Similar to the 20... read more |
 | 20,000 homeless after torrential rain in Yemen31. October 2008In late October 2008 the third tropical cyclone of the season caused heavy rains and flash floods in Yemen. The floods have killed about 100 persons and left approximately 20 000 people homeless. The most affected region suffering from severe damages to infrastructure, houses and farm land is the Sa... read more |
 | Refugee Camp Mapping in Sudan30. October 2008Because of many regional conflicts over the last 20 years, eastern Sudan hosts large populations of refugees in the arid states of Kassala, Gedaref, Gezira and Sennar. ZKI produced several large scale maps of Refugee Camps in this area on request of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)... read more |
 | Atlantic tropical cyclones: ZKI maps flooding in Haiti12. September 2008Between mid of August and September 8, 2008, the hurricanes Fay, Gustav, Hannah and Ike hit Haiti, leaving behind a path of destruction. More than 500 people died and many more are still missing. Strong rain intensity as a consequence of the hurricanes led to large inundations in the poorest country... read more |
 | Embankment breach: ZKI maps flooding in India/Nepal30. August 2008On August 18, 2008, the Koshi River breached an embankment, causing flooding in the Sunsari district as well as further South in the Supaul district of Bihar, which is situated 7 kilometres downstream in India. It also inundated the districts of Madhepura, Araria, Purnea and Saharsa. After the breac... read more |
 | Earthquake in China20. June 2008On May 12, 2008, the strongest earthquake in China since 1976 occurred 90 km northwest of Chengdu in the Province of Sichuan. Measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, the earthquake was followed by a series of severe after-shocks that struck the whole region. Over 69,000 people died, 374,141 people were... read more |
 | Tropical Cyclone Nargis: ZKI maps flooding in Myanmar08. May 2008On May 2, 2008, tropical cyclone 'Nargis' swept over Myanmar and left behind a path of destruction. Wind speeds of more than 200 km/h and a storm surge of up to 3 meters in height destroyed more than 90 percent of housing and large parts of infrastructure in some regions. It is believed that... read more |
 | Floods in Namibia17. March 2008In January and February, 2008, heavy and long lasting rainfall led to partially serious flooding in northern Namibia and southern Angola. Many rivers and wadis were deeply inundated with water, which has caused serious damages to infrastructure and housing and forced thousands of people to leave the... read more |
 | Oil spill in Antarctica from sunken ship MV Explorer20. December 2007On November 23, 2007, the MV Explorer, an adventure travel ship, hit an iceberg whilst passing through pack ice in the Bransfield Strait about 50 nautical miles south of King George Island, Antarctica, forcing its 154 passengers and crew into lifeboats in the middle of the night. When the MV Explore... read more |
 | ZKI produces maps of affected regions after tropical cyclone 'Sidr' in Bangladesh21. November 2007During the night from November 15 and 16, 2007, tropical cyclone 'Sidr' swept over the the southwestern part of Bangladesh, leaving behind a trail of destruction. With wind speeds of up to 240 km/h at the coast and up to 160 km/h at the capital Dhaka, Sidr forced three million people to flee... read more |
 | Oil spill at the Kerch Strait between Ukraine and Russia21. November 2007A storm on Sunday, November 11, 2007, broke a small Russian oil tanker in half, the Volgoneft-139, spilling at least 1,300 tonnes of fuel oil in the Kerch strait between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. The same storm sank at least four freighters, three carrying sulphur and one with a cargo of sc... read more |
 | ZKI maps flooding in Mexico with high-resolution radar satellite TerraSAR-X07. November 2007In early November 2007, heavy rainfalls lasting for a whole week led to devastating floods in the Mexican states of Tabasco and Chiapas, displacing about one million people, which is approximately half of Tabasco's overall population. About 80% of the state of Tabasco's surface (overall area... read more |
 | Forest fires in southern Europe, August 200727. August 2007In 2007, southeastern Europe was affected by the worst wildfires for decades. Conditioned by extrem heat since middle of August 2007, large natural or man-made fires started. After the end of August, Greece was the most affected country. The fires killed at least 60 people. It was expected that the... read more |
 | Fires on the Canary Islands, August 200709. August 2007The islands of Tenerife and Gran Canaria of the Canary Islands (Spain) were affected by some of the worst forest fires in the history of Spain. The fires forced more than 10.000 people to temporarily leave their homes, some of which were destroyed by the fires. The Spanish Government and the Monitor... read more |
 | Flood in the United Kingdom, July 200726. July 2007Following the severe flooding that had affected the central and northern parts of England in the end of June and the beginning of July 2007, the south-west of England and Wales had been hit by severe weather again, with flooding affecting thousands of homes and leaving many without water and electri... read more |
 | Flood in England and Wales, England July 200706. July 2007Heavy rainstorms caused by an extraordinary weather situation led to major floodings in parts of the UK. During June 2007, a large low-pressure area coming from the Atlantic Ocean was trapped over Wales and England. The highest precipitation rates measured over the last decade were recorded at a num... read more |
 | DLR maps for G8 Summit in Heiligendamm, June 6 to 8, 200711. June 2007From June 6 to 8, the G8 leaders met for their annual summit in Heiligendamm, Germany. The area of Heiligendamm was spaciously protected for security reasons and the inner security zone was confined by a fence. Many governmental and non-governmental organisations were involved in the logistical orga... read more |
 | Earthquake in West Sumatra, Indonesia 200706. March 2007Two earthquakes occurred on March 6, 2007, at 10:49 am and 12:49 am local time, magnitude 6.2 and 6.3 (GEOFON) respectively, in the West Sumatra province of Indonesia and led to heavy destructions. The epicentre was located 16 km southwest of Batusangkar District and 55 km northeast of the regional... read more |
 | Floods in Mozambique: ZKI supports UN World Food Programme12. February 2007After the end of January 2007, heavy seasonal rains in south-eastern Africa caused severe flooding, especially along the Zambezi River (Mozambique). The National Institute for Disaster Management (INGC) declared Red Alert on February 4, 2007, for the whole Zambezi River basin and expected the situat... read more |
 | Environmental assessment of 'Buruli ulcer' reservoir in Ivory Coast05. September 2006Buruli ulcer, also known as tropical ulcer, is an emerging necrotic skin disease, caused by the Mycobacterium ulcerans. Since 1986, the disease has become epidemic with 6.000 cases per year in Ivory Coast. This environmental mycobacterium has been recovered from water and soil in swampy areas. Howev... read more |
 | Oil spill at the Lebanese coast01. August 2006In the course of the conflict in the Middle East, the oil-fuelled power plant of Jieh, located directly on the coastline approximately 30 km south of Beirut, was hit by bombs on July 13 and 15, 2006. Part of the storage tanks caught fire and were burning for several days. A large part of the fuel wa... read more |
 | Earthquake in Yogyakarta, Indonesia30. May 2006After the Tsunami of December, 2004, Indonesia was hit by another severe natural disaster. In the morning of Mai 27, 2006, an earthquake of magnitude 6.2 (USGS) led to heavy destructions in the region of Yogyakarta on the Indonesian island of Java. More than 5,000 bodies were found and 20,000 injuri... read more |
 | Danube flood in Romania19. April 2006In Romania, snowmelt and long lasting rainfalls led to a dramatic increase of water levels at the Danube River to values which were never measured before. More than 4,700 people had to be evacuated from the flooded regions, 3,000 of them in the village Rast in the southwest of the country alone. Aft... read more |
 | Flooding in Hungary18. April 2006Snowmelt in combination with heavy rainfalls led to an aggravation of the flooding situation in Southeast Europe. In Hungary, the most critical situation shifted from the Danube river, where the water level had reached the highest levels for more than 100 years, to the Tisza river (April 18, 2006)... read more |
 | Flooding of the river Elbe in Germany03. April 2006After the devastating flooding in August 2002, the Elbe region in Saxony was affected by a flood once again. Strong rainfalls in conjunction with snowmelt in the Krkonose Mountains (Czech Republic) led to a rise of the Elbe River to a level of 7.45 meters. In the city of Dresden, some areas next to... read more |
 | Landslide in the Philippines17. February 2006On February 17, 2006, a landslide triggered by heavy rains buried the village of Guinsaungon, Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte Island (Philippines). Most of the approximately 300 houses and the elementary school were fully covered by the mudslide.The village had 1411 inhabitants and in the elementary s... read more |
 | Earthquake in Pakistan09. October 2005A series of severe earthquakes (max. magnitude 7.6) struck the Kashmir region on October 8, 2005. The epicenter was located on the India-Pakistan border, about 100 kilometres northeast of Islamabad. DLR-ZKI, in cooperation with its partners from the International Charter - Space and Major Disasters,... read more |
 | Floods in Bavaria31. August 2005At the end of August 2005, heavy and long-lasting rainfalls of up to 120 litres per square meter led to a disastrous high water situation in large parts of the Alps. In Bavaria, the catchment areas of the rivers Iller, Lech, Isar, and Inn were affected most. Severe obstructions of traffic occured du... read more |
 | ZKI monitors fire hot-spots in Portugal23. August 2005After one of the most severe droughts over the Iberian Peninsula, many wildfires were raging out of control across central and northern Portugal. By August 22, 2005, 27 fires were active in the region and have left at least 15 dead and 140,000 hectares destroyed. The worst-hit areas included the cen... read more |
 | Flooding in Romania: ZKI maps disaster area07. June 2005Heavy rain in April and May 2005 caused the worst floods since 50 years in Romania, affecting thousands of people and destroying hundreds of houses. The Romanian government responded on 19 May by launching an appeal for European civil protection assistance, triggering a rapid response from the Monit... read more |
 | Satellite maps supporting United Nations World Food Programme and UNICEF in relief activities in Ethiopia11. May 2005Exceptionally heavy rainfalls led to severe floodings in the southeast of Ethiopia. According to reports of the United Nations, more than 100 people lost their lives and some 100.000 were displaced. Wide areas of agricultural land were devastated and about 50.000 cattle were killed by the extensive... read more |
 | ZKI supports WHO in the fight against the Marburg Virus in Angola through RESPOND29. April 2005The outbreak of the Marburg virus has claimed the lives of at least 210 people in Angola, most of them children under the age of five. It is a deadly hemorrhagic fever and a relative of the Ebola virus. The majority of the 231 cases has been registered in the northern province of Uige. The outbreak... read more |
 | Satellite image mapping in support of European Disaster Exercise EURATECH in Portes-lès-Valence/South-France11. April 2005A major European civil protection exercise takes place from 10 to 14 April 2005 in Portes-lès-Valence/Department Drôme in southern France. The scenario is a hazardous material transportation accident in a full scale community exercise. It is organized by the French Défense et de la Sécurité Civiles... read more |
 | ZKI supports international humanitarian relief teams in Indonesia through RESPOND30. March 2005A great earthquake occurred near the West coast of Sumatra (Indonesia) about 205 km west northwest of Sibolga, Sumatra at 23:09 local time in Indonesia (16.09 UTC) on March 28, 2005. According to the USGS the earthquake had a magnitude of 8.7 (Richter scale). Fortunately, no major tsunami resulted f... read more |
 | ZKI satellite mapping supports international humanitarian relief teams in Southeast Asia27. December 2004In the early morning of Dec. 26th a severe earthquake (30 km below sea level, magnitude 9) caused Tsunami flood waves in the Indian Ocean, which struck the coastal regions of Sumatra, Thailand, Sri Lanka and southern India. Due to the immense extent of the affected coastal areas, images from earth o... read more |
 | ZKI in cooperation with UNHCR performed a refugee camp monitoring for Chad07. December 2004Due to Civil War, thousands of people escape the Darfur region in Sudan and seek shelter in the state of Chad, where many refugee camps have been established. Not all of them are permanently supervised by international organizations. UNHCR, the High Commissioner for Refugees asked for a subsequent s... read more |
 | Base and crisis mapping of Al Fashir and Al Junaynah region in Darfur/Sudan31. August 2004Because of the continuing refugee situation and the onset of the rainy season in western Sudan, the humanitarian aid organizations working there are in urgent need of up-to-date, detailed maps. In consultation with UN-OCHA, Germany's disaster relief organization (THW) and the German Red Cross (D... read more |
 | Base mapping of Dhaka region/Bangladesh08. August 2004A base mapping activity was performed on request of the Governmental Disaster Relief Organization (THW) of the Federal Republic of Germany for the area around Dhaka, Bangladesh. This activity was pursued on the background of a commonly planned humanitarian aid campaign of the THW and the United Nati... read more |
 | Mapping of forest fires in southern Portugal (Algarve region)28. July 2004The major forest fires in Spain and Portugal in July 2004 were recorded and analyzed at DFD's Center for Satellite Based Crisis Information (ZKI), which produced a detailed satellite map of the affected area in the Monchique region based on Ikonos data. In addition MODIS imagery was analyzed to... read more |
 | Earthquake hit northern Iran on May 28, 2004 - first pre-disaster satellite map is available30. May 2004The central Mazandaran province, 65 km northeast of Tehran was affected by a severe earthquake (magnitude 6.2) on May 28, 2004 as well as by several aftershocks during the days to follow. On request of the German Federal Foreign Office, the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters was trig... read more |
 | Explosion disaster near Novobogdanovka/Ukraine08. May 2004On May 6, 2004 a military arms dump close to the village of Novobogdanovka in southern Ukraine exploded. According to press statements 10.000 people in the surrounding villages had to be evacuated and a major highway and railway line connecting the cities of Melitopol and Zaporizhzhya had to be bloc... read more |
 | Satellite image analysis after the earthquake in Morocco27. February 2004After the earthquake southwest of Al Hoceima on Februar 24, 2004 IKONOS imagery was analysed in order to identify the damage assessment. An acquisition on February 25 was not possible due to the local weather situation. The company European Space Imaging provided an IKONOS image on February 27 which... read more |
 | Emergency mapping of the damages resulting from the earthquake in Bam, Kerman Provinz/Iran27. December 2003Supporting the international relief activities undertaken by various humanitarian organisations in the area around the city of Bam (Iran) and supporting the activation of the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters, the Center for Satellite Based Crisis Information in cooperation with the... read more |
 | Supporting relief organisations in flooded areas of the Rhone valley, southern France06. December 2003The German governmental disaster relief organization (THW) in Arles was equipped with satellite maps derived from high resolution IKONOS satellite images analyzed by ZKI. On December 4, 2003, the french civil protection agency triggered the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters, which s... read more |
 | Devastating forest fires in central and southern Portugal07. August 2003Earth observation satellites make rapid mapping of large regions of the earth's surface possible and can be a valuable help for the disaster management. Data can be used from both passive instruments, which collect information in the visible and infrared spectral range, and from radar instrument... read more |
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