Production date: 14 April 2021
PRELIMINARY SATELLITE DERIVED FLOOD ASSESSMENT IN ERMERA, BOBONARO AND COVALIMA MUNICIPALITIES
Status: Increased water level of river and inundated agricultural fields observed in Bobonaro and Ermera municipalities Further action(s): continue monitoring TIMOR-LESTE 14 April 2021
AREA OF INTEREST (AOI)
MUNICIPALITY Image boundary BOBONARO, ERMERA AND COVALIMA MUNICIPALITIES Image center: 125°14'43.923"E 8°57'34.178"S
ERMERA AILEU VILA Municipality boundary AILEU Posto adminstrativo boundary HATOLIA ATABAE Area of Interests LETEFOHO CAILACO MAUBISSE AOI-1 ERMERA
HATU-BUILICO BALIBO ATSABE MALIANA
AOI-2
BOBONARO AINARO
AINARO BOBONARO
AOI-3
INDONESIA ZUMALAI COVALIMA
LOLOTOE 4 km N SUAI
ESRI Basemap 3 AOI1-1 ATABAE AND CAILACO POSTO ADMINSTRATIVO, Image boundary AOI-1 BOBONAROCAILACO MUNICIPALITY Image center: OVERFLOWED RIVER AND INUNDATED AGRICULTURAL FIELD OBSERVED 125°13'15.344"E 8°47'57.597"S
BEFORE AFTER
Water detected in agricultural field
Water level of river has increased
300 m N
WV-2 / 17 Jul 2019 Planet-1 / 12 Apr 2021
4 AOI1-2 ATABAE AND CAILACO POSTO ADMINSTRATIVO, Image boundary AOI-1 BOBONARO MUNICIPALITY Image center: OVERFLOWED RIVER AND INUNDATED AGRICULTURAL FIELD OBSERVED 125°12'18.14"E 8°50'22.232"S
BEFORE AFTER
Water level of river has increased
Water detected in agricultural field
300 m N
WV-2 / 17 Jul 2019 Planet-1 / 12 Apr 2021
5 AOI1-3 HATOLIA OF ERMARA MUNICIPALITY & CAILACO POSTO Image boundary AOI-1 ADMINSTRATIVO OF BOBONARO MUNICIPALITY Image center: OVERFLOWED RIVER AND INUNDATED AGRICULTURAL FIELD OBSERVED 125°17'25.906"E 8°50'34.713"S AOI-1
BEFORE AFTER
Water level of river has increased
N 500 m
WV-2 / 17 Jul 2019 Planet-1 / 12 Apr 2021
6 AOI2-1 MALIANA AND ATABAE POSTO ADMINSTRATIVO, Image boundary AOI-2 BOBONARO MUNICIPALITY Image center: OVERFLOWED RIVER AND INUNDATED AGRICULTURAL FIELD OBSERVED 125°9'37.611"E 8°54'13.23"S
BEFORE AFTER
Water level of river has increased
Water detected in agricultural field
N 400 m
WV-2 / 17 Jul 2019 Planet-1 / 12 Apr 2021
7 AOI2-2 MALIANA AND ATABAE POSTO ADMINSTRATIVO, Image boundary AOI-2 BOBONARO MUNICIPALITY Image center: OVERFLOWED RIVER AND INUNDATED AGRICULTURAL FIELD OBSERVED 125°7'22.395"E 8°56'53.822"S
BEFORE AFTER
Water level of river has increased
Water detected in agricultural field
N 300 m
WV-2 / 17 Jul 2019 Planet-1 / 12 Apr 2021
8 AOI2-3 MALIANA AND CAILACO POSTO ADMINSTRATIVO, Image boundary AOI-2 BOBONARO MUNICIPALITY Image center: NO FLOODS DETECTED 125°13'12.421"E 8°58'5.379"S
BEFORE AFTER
N 270 m
WV-2 / 17 Jul 2019 Planet-1 / 12 Apr 2021
9 AOI3-1 ZUMALAI POSTO ADMINSTRATIVO, Image boundary AOI-3 COVALIMA MUNICIPALITY Image center: NO FLOODS DETECTED 125°27'13.144"E 9°10'12.653"S
BEFORE AFTER
300 m N
GeoEye-1 / 23 Jul 2018 Planet-1 / 12 Apr 2021 10 AOI3-2 SUAI AND ZUMALAI POSTO ADMINSTRATIVO, Image boundary AOI-3 COVALIMA MUNICIPALITY Image center: NO FLOODS DETECTED 125°22'46.266"E 9°9'15.439"S
BEFORE AFTER
420 m N
GeoEye-1 / 23 Jul 2018 Planet-1 / 12 Apr 2021 11 AOI3-3 BOBONARO POSTO ADMINSTRATIVO, Image boundary AOI-3 COVALIMA MUNICIPALITY Image center: NO FLOODS DETECTED 125°21'14.412"E 9°6'16.45"S
BEFORE AFTER
400 m N
GeoEye-1 / 23 Jul 2018 Planet-1 / 12 Apr 2021
12 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
• Overflowed river and inundated agricultural fields observed in Bobonaro and Ermera municipalities (AOI1 and AOI2) as of 12 April 2021
• No floods detected in Covalima municipality (AOI3) as of 12 April 2021
13 COPYRITHS AND SOURCES
Data sources:
(1) Satellite Imagery (post-event)
Planet-1 / 12 April 2021 Copyright © Planet Labs Inc USGS/HDDS
(2) Satellite Imagery (pre-event)
GeoEye-1 / 23 Jul 2018 WV-2 / 17 Jul 2019 2018 and 2019 Digital Globe Maxar, ESRI Basemap
(3) Ancillary data
Administrative boundaries : WHO
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