Operational Flood Forecasting and Alerts in West Africa (FANFAR - NASRDA)

Data provided by:Nigeria National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA)
Data accessibility:visualization of data (e.g. web GIS or real time monitoring)
Link to the data:
Data type:hazard specific data
Hazard:Flood
Disaster cycle phase:Disaster Risk Management, Response, Recovery
Space-based Information:This interactive portal provides near real time data on potential floods that will potentially affect countries in West Africa. The data has a maximum of 10 day forecast and includes flood categories 2-year, 5-year, and 30-year return periods.
Spatial coverage:Africa
Temporal coverage:Near-real time
Costs:free
Contact:Contact