Overall Green alert Flood
in Islamic Republic of Iran

Flood impact summary

This flood is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID: 1102532
Deaths: 2
Displaced: 150
Region: Taft
Countries: Islamic Republic of Iran
From - To 19 Mar - 27 Mar
Known identifiers for this event:

GDACS Score

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Impact Assessement as of 27-03-2024

SENDAI Indicator A N Country Location Info
death 2 Islamic Republic of Iran Taft
SENDAI Indicator B N Country Location Info
displaced 150 Islamic Republic of Iran Margown
rescued 1 Islamic Republic of Iran Basht
SENDAI Indicator D N Country Location Info
bridges 2 Islamic Republic of Iran Bahmai

Satellite Observation

Satellite-based Flood extent provided by GLOFAS
Overall of the satellite-based flooded area from / to : 2024-03-12 / 2024-04-03  

Tuesday 12/03Wednesday 13/03Thursday 14/03Friday 15/03Saturday 16/03Sunday 17/03Monday 18/03Tuesday 19/03Wednesday 20/03Thursday 21/03Friday 22/03Saturday 23/03Sunday 24/03Monday 25/03Tuesday 26/03Wednesday 27/03Thursday 28/03Friday 29/03Saturday 30/03Sunday 31/03Monday 01/04Tuesday 02/04Wednesday 03/04

Timeline of revisions

For accessing reports of previous advisories, please click on the advisory number in the table below.

IDAlert ColorPopulation affectedStart DateEnd DateSource
1 0 deaths and 150 displaced 19 Mar 2024 21 Mar 2024 GLOFAS
2 2 deaths 25 Mar 2024 27 Mar 2024 GLOFAS

Flood polygons

This polygon (translucent blue with a blue border) is drawn by the analysts recording the flood event. It is meant to include all the areas reported as affected, by official source or the media. It does not represent the area actually under water.

Microwave flood detection

Flooded area, as detected in microwaves by the Global Flood Detection System of the JRC, based on NASA TRMM/GPM observations. This system has a rather low resolution (of 5-10km) but is not affected by clouds.
For more details, see http://www.unisdr.org/files/9622_LBNA23303ENC002.pdf.
The areas with a flood signal along the coast are an artefact of the system and should not be considered.

Optical Flood detection

Flooded area as detected in optical wavelengths by NASA/MODIS, known as "MODIS Flood Product". Data are made available by NASA GSFC Flood Mapping Project, http://oas.gsfc.nasa.gov/floodmap/index.html. Resolution of 250m, heavily affected by cloud cover.