The first named tropical storm of the 2010 Pacific hurricane season "Agatha" caused severe rainfall in the departments of Escuintla, Suchitepéquez, Retalhuleu, San Marcos, Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango, Totonicapn, Sololá, Chimaltenango and Guatemala. Guatemalan authorities report 12 deaths, 22 people missing and that 7,627 people have been affected to some degree by the storm and 4,975 people have been directly affected by the effects of the storm.
Source: glidenumber
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Status Update: 02/07/2010
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Contacts:
UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER:
Focal Point: Mr. Juan Carlos Villagran
Email: un-spider@unoosa.org
Contact Points in Guatemala
Jean-Roche Lebeau
Head, National Territorial Ordenning System
SEGEPLAN
Mob: +502 5706 5500
E-mail: lebeaujr@gmail.com
Coordinates of affected areas (AOI)
Geographical Coordinates for Charter activation request
Upper Left :
Lat: 15° 51’ 17.07” N
Long: 88° 18‘ 34.29” W
Lower Right :
Lat: 15° 11’ 38.11” N
Long: 88° 13’ 36.03” W
International Charter Space and Major Disasters
International Charter:
Activation requested on 30/05/2010
Activation Request accepted: 30/05/2010
Requested by USGS on behalf of CONRED, Guatemala City
Link: http://www.disasterscharter.org
Project Manager:
CATHALAC
http://www.cathalac.org/
Building 111
City of Knowledge
Clayton Panamá
0843-03102 Panamá
República de Panamá
Space-based resources:
Satellite TaskingNo | Satellite | Sensor | Date | Area | Type | Status | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Radar | 04/10/2009 | 14.979 - 22.188; | Archive | Acquired | TSX | |
03/06/2010 | 14.446 - 14.507; | Post-disaster | Acquired | TSX | |||
02/06/2010 | 14.446 - 14.507; | Acquired | TSX | ||||
08/06/2010 | 14.424 - 14.507; | Scheduled | |||||
08/06/2010 | 15.252 - 15.931; | Scheduled | |||||
2 | QuickBird |
| 06/06/2010 |
| pre-disaster | Scheduled | pre-event coverage available |
3 | WorldView-1 |
| 04/06/2010 |
| Scheduled | ||
4 | WorldView-2 |
| 02/06/2010 |
| Scheduled | ||
04/06/2010 |
| Scheduled | |||||
07/06/2010 |
| Scheduled | |||||
5 | HJ |
| 02/06/2010 |
| Post disaster | Acquired | Imagery available upon request: spaceaid@unoosa.org |
03/06/2010 |
| Acquired | Imagery available upon request: spaceaid@unoosa.org | ||||
| 6 | THEOS | 06/06/2010 | Post-disaster | Scheduled |
Other Space based Information:
SERVIR:
Link: http://www.servir.net/tormenta_tropical_agatha_mayo_2010
GEO Group on Earth Observation:
Link: http://www.geoportal.org/
IARNA:
Link: http://www.infoiarna.org.gt/secciones/inundaciones_agatha.aspx
Situation Reports:
Reliefweb:
Link: www.reliefweb.int
Other Links:
UN OCHA:
Link: http://humanitariannews.org/20100531/guatemala-tropical-storm-agatha-pacaya-volcano-situation-report-no-3
