Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 9/8/2008

This daily newsletter provides an overview of the natural disasters that happened in the last 24 hours and response measures for ongoing disasters. GDACS currently covers earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones, volcanic eruptions and floods. The color coding (red, orange, green) is related to the estimated humanitarian impact of the event.

Disaster events in the last 24 hours

GDACS detected the following potential disasters. For up-to-date media coverage, latest maps and ReliefWeb content related to these disasters, please go to GDACS homepage.

Earthquakes (source JRC, USGS and EMSC)

Automatic impact report

Vanuatu, (M 6.5, depth 80km23000 people)
EMSC—Monday, September 08, 2008 3:03:00 AM UTC (5 hours ago) new

Documents from other organisations

News (provided by EMM)

Strong quake off Vanuatu
NEWScomAU 2008-09-08 new

A STRONG earthquake hit off the coast of the South Pacific island of Vanuatu today, but Australian seismologists said it was unlikely to trigger a tsunami or cause other damage. 5:03pm (AEST)

'Strong quake hits off Vanuatu'
HindustanTimes 2008-09-08 new

A strong earthquake hit off the coast of the South Pacific island of Vanuatu, but Australian seismologists said it was unlikely to have triggered a tsunami or caused other damage.

See all 5 items...

Current tropical cyclones (source JRC and Pacific Disaster Center)

Automatic impact report

IKE-08 in Atlantic (Cuba)
PDC—8 Sep 2008 new

TC-2008-000151-BHS

News (provided by EMM)

Hurricane Ike strikes Cuba
RTERadio 2008-09-08 new

Hurricane Ike has slammed into Cuba with gale force winds and torrential rain after killing at least 47 in Haiti. The second hurricane to strike in less than a week prompted more than 800,000 people to evacuate coastal areas of eastern Cuba. More than 9,000 foreign tourists were moved out of the resort of Varadero.

Hurricane Ike powers toward Cuba, Gulf
antiguanews 2008-09-08 new

Sep 8, 2008 6:40 AM Hurricane Ike killed at least 37 people in Haiti and ripped off rooftops in the southern Bahamas on Sunday as Cuba scrambled to get hundreds of thousands out of the path of a storm headed toward the US Gulf oil patch and possibly New Orleans.

See all 2441 items...

ReliefWeb News

Hurricane Ike: Heading toward the gulf (as of 7 Sep 2008) 2 hours ago new

Source: LA Times

Potential Path of Hurricane Ike (as of 8 Sept 2008) 2 hours ago new

Source: NY Times

Haiti flooding: Rain from Hurricane Ike deepens misery left by Hanna, Gustav 3 hours ago new

Source: World Vision

Hurricane Ike pounds Cuba on way to Gulf 4 hours ago new

Source: Reuters

See all 31 items...

ReliefWeb Situation Reports

Caribbean Hurricane Season OCHA Situation Report No. 9 8 hours ago new

Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Caribbean Hurricane Season OCHA Situation Report No. 8 6 Sep 2008
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Automatic impact report

LOWELL-08 in EastPacific
PDC—8 Sep 2008 new

News (provided by EMM)

Monday, September 08, 2008 CAMAGUEY, Cuba (AP) - Hurricane Ike bore down on Cuba yesterday after roaring across low-lying islands, tearing apart houses, wiping out crops and worsening floods in Haiti that have already killed more than 300 people. The first islands to bear Ike's fury yesterday were....
jamaicaobserver 2008-09-08 new

CAMAGUEY, Cuba (AP) - Hurricane Ike bore down on Cuba yesterday after roaring across low-lying islands, tearing apart houses, wiping out crops and worsening floods in Haiti that have already killed more than 300 people. The first islands to bear Ike's fury yesterday were the Turks and Caicos, which....

Monday, September 08, 2008 A number of remittance agencies have agreed to open accounts dedicated to enabling Jamaicans in the Diaspora to contribute to the Gustav Recovery Fund that has been launched by Minister of State for Project Implementation and Service Delivery, in the Office of the Prime Minister, Daryl Vaz.
jamaicaobserver 2008-09-08 new

A number of remittance agencies have agreed to open accounts dedicated to enabling Jamaicans in the Diaspora to contribute to the Gustav Recovery Fund that has been launched by Minister of State for Project Implementation and Service Delivery, in the Office of the Prime Minister, Daryl Vaz.

See all 673 items...

Discussions in Virtual OSOCC

The GDACS Virtual OSOCC is a forum for emergency managers. The following emergencies are currently open.

Hurricane Ike 9/5/2008 10:08

Floods in Nepal and India 9/3/2008 12:05

Hurricane Hanna 9/2/2008 14:16

Hurricane Gustav 8/26/2008 17:34

Floods in Moldova, Ukraine & Romania 7/30/2008 13:26

ReliefWeb Situation Reports

More content on ongoing disasters on ReliefWeb.

Southern Sudan: Floods OCHA Situation Report Issue #1 30 Aug - 05 Sep 2008 7 Sep 2008 7:14:28 AM
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Southern Sudan: Abyei displacement - OCHA Situation Report No.27; 30 Aug - 05 Sep 2008 7 Sep 2008 7:07:06 AM
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Caribbean Hurricane Season OCHA Situation Report No. 9 7 Sep 2008 11:38:57 PM
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

UNOSAT Maps

See all maps produced by UNOSAT.

No content published since yesterday.

ReliefWeb Maps

More maps in ReliefWeb Map Centre.

Hurricane Ike: Heading toward the gulf (as of 7 Sep 2008) 8 Sep 2008 6:01:14 AM
Source: Los Angeles Times
Format: gif
Date: 08 Sep 2008
Size: 18 Kb

Potential Path of Hurricane Ike (as of 8 Sept 2008) 8 Sep 2008 5:54:45 AM
Source: The New York Times
Format: jpg
Date: 08 Sep 2008
Size: 35 Kb

You receive this newsletter because you subscribed on GDACS. To change your notification settings, please log in at http://www.gdacs.org. The information of GDACS is provided by the following partners: European Commission JRC, United Nations OCHA, Dartmouth Flood Observatory, Pacific Disaster Centre, USGS National Earthquake Information Centre, European Mediterranean Seismological Centre, International Volcano Research Centre, Pacific Disaster Center, and UNOSAT.

Created on 9/8/2008 10:07:10 AM.