Charter activations

Flood in Colombia

Heavy rain caused three rivers to burst their banks in Colombia on 1 April 2017. The flood waters swept into the city of Mocoa, bringing mud and debris surging through the streets and flattening entire neighbourhoods.

Mocoa is located in southern Colombia, in the Andes Mountains. The mountainous terrain makes landslides a common occurrence in this region, but the damage to Mocoa has been described as the worst the city has experienced on record. Much of the city is covered with mud, rocks and trees drawn along by the flood.

A state of emergency has been declared and search efforts are ongoing to find any survivors buried under the mud and debris. More than 200 people are still missing and over 500 were left homeless, but the Colombian President has announced a commitment to helping all of those affected by the disaster and to rebuild parts of the city which were destroyed.

Type of Event:	Flood
Location of Event:	Colombia
Date of Charter Activation:	01 April 2017
Time of Charter Activation:	19:30:00
Time zone of Charter Activation:	UTC+02:00
Charter Requestor:	National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD) / Unidad Nacional para la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres, IDEAM
Activation ID:	524
Project Management:	ESA

Products

Animation of Landslide and Debris Flow Detection in Mocoa

Copyright: RapidEye data © Planet Labs Inc. (2017) - All rights reserved
Map produced by Remote Sensing Section, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

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Acquired: Before-image: 21/11/2013
After-image: 10/04/2017

Source: RapidEye

Automated landslide and debris flow detection in Mocoa

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Copyright: RapidEye data © Planet Labs Inc. (2017) - All rights reserved
Map produced by Remote Sensing Section, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

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Acquired: Before-image: 21/11/2013
After-image: 10/04/2017

Source: RapidEye

Damage assessment of buildings in Mocoa

Copyright: Pleiades © CNES (2017) - Distribution: Airbus Defence and Space, all rights reserved
GeoEye-1, WorldView-1 and WorldView-2 © DigitalGlobe Inc.
Map produced by UNITAR/UNOSAT

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Acquired: Pleiades: 07/04/2017 and 10/04/2017
GeoEye-1: 10/04/2017
WorldView-1: 26/12/2013
WorldView-2: 21/12/2016

Source: Pleiades / GeoEye-1 / WorldView-1 and -2