Overall Green alert Flood for Panama
in Panama

Flood impact summary

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

GDACS ID: 1100825
Deaths: 0
Displaced: 580
Region: Distrito Jirondai, Chiriquí, Bocas del Toro
Countries: Panama
From - To 14 Apr - 16 Apr
Known identifiers for this event:

GDACS Score

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Impact Assessement as of 16-04-2021

SENDAI Indicator B N Country Location Info
displaced 146 Panama Distrito Jirondai
displaced 92 Panama Chiriquí
displaced 342 Panama Bocas del Toro

Satellite Observation

Satellite-based Flood extent provided by GLOFAS
Overall of the satellite-based flooded area from / to : 2021-04-07 / 2021-04-23  

Wednesday 07/04Thursday 08/04Friday 09/04Saturday 10/04Sunday 11/04Monday 12/04Tuesday 13/04Wednesday 14/04Thursday 15/04Friday 16/04Saturday 17/04Sunday 18/04Monday 19/04Tuesday 20/04Wednesday 21/04Thursday 22/04Friday 23/04

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 580 displaced 14 Apr 2021 16 Apr 2021 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.