Overall Green alert Flood for Chile
in Chile

Flood impact summary

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

GDACS ID: 1100356
Deaths: 1
Displaced: 200
Region: Alto del Carmen, Tierra Amarilla
Countries: Chile
From - To 27 Jan - 27 Jan
Known identifiers for this event:

GDACS Score

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Impact Assessement as of 27-01-2020

SENDAI Indicator A N Country Location Info
death 1 Chile Alto del Carmen
SENDAI Indicator B N Country Location Info
displaced 100 Chile Tierra Amarilla
displaced 100 Chile Alto del Carmen

Satellite Observation

Satellite-based Flood extent provided by GLOFAS
Overall of the satellite-based flooded area from / to : 2020-01-20 / 2020-02-03  

Monday 20/01Tuesday 21/01Wednesday 22/01Thursday 23/01Friday 24/01Saturday 25/01Sunday 26/01Monday 27/01Tuesday 28/01Wednesday 29/01Thursday 30/01Friday 31/01Saturday 01/02Sunday 02/02Monday 03/02

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 1 deaths and 200 displaced 27 Jan 2020 27 Jan 2020 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.