Overall Green alert Flood
in Myanmar

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: 1102264
Deaths: 0
Displaced: 12155
Region: Bago, Kyaikto, Taikkyi
Countries: Myanmar
From - To 08 Oct - 10 Oct
Known identifiers for this event:

GDACS Score

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Impact Assessement as of 09-10-2023

SENDAI Indicator B N Country Location Info
displaced 12000 Myanmar Bago
displaced 55 Myanmar Kyaikto
displaced 100 Myanmar Taikkyi
SENDAI Indicator C N Country Location Info
houses 2800 Myanmar Bago
houses 27 Myanmar Taikkyi

Satellite Observation

Satellite-based Flood extent provided by GLOFAS
Overall of the satellite-based flooded area from / to : 2023-10-01 / 2023-10-17  

Sunday 01/10Monday 02/10Tuesday 03/10Wednesday 04/10Thursday 05/10Friday 06/10Saturday 07/10Sunday 08/10Monday 09/10Tuesday 10/10Wednesday 11/10Thursday 12/10Friday 13/10Saturday 14/10Sunday 15/10Monday 16/10Tuesday 17/10

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 12155 displaced 08 Oct 2023 10 Oct 2023 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.