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Ir R a W a D Flooding Production Date: 27/08/2015 Version 2.0 Glide Number: FL-2015-000089-MMR Analysis with RadarSAT-2 Satellite Data Acquired 6 August 2015 and Sentinel-1 Data Acquired 20 March 2015 95°0'0"E 95°5'0"E 95°10'0"E 95°15'0"E 95°20'0"E INDIA Dhaka CHINA Yinbo Y i n b o Moksogon MYANMAR 22°15'0"N C h a u n g Map Extent VIET Monywar NAM Airport Naypidaw K y a u k t a n Nabudaw C h a u n g 22°15'0"N Vientiane Kawlabya T h a z i Kanzwe C h a u n g THAILAND Kyigon Aungmo Bangkok T h a d e Chaungzon C h a u n g 22°10'0"N Kanma This map illustrates satellite-detected flood waters in Aungchantha Y a m a the Southern region of Sagaing Division in the areas C h a u n g of Monywa, Chaung-U and Myaung townships of G w e b i n g w a Myanmar as imaged by the Radarsat-2 satellite on 6 August 2015. Waters along the Chindwin River have 22°10'0"N C h a u n g expanded and inundated lands on either sides of the river bank. Flood affected lands increase in the area Monywa were Chindwin River flows into Ayeyarwady River. Town Nyaungbinde Total surface covered with water in the analysed area Salingyi Monywa has increased from a pre-flood level of 1% to 5% Airport Shaukka during the flood period, and as of 6 August 2015 a total of 86,799 ha of lands were affected. The Yonbinyo township of Myaung in Sagaing district was the worst Kanbyagale affected township with 22,024 hectares of flood affected land, followed by Chaung-U township in 22°5'0"N Monywa district (13,732 ha). Approximately 12 km of Aungtha B u g a roads are potentially affected by floods in 17 of the 29 C h a u n g Segyidaw anlyzed townships. This is a preliminary analysis and Palaung has not yet been validated in the field. Please send Ma-u K a n n i ground feedback to UNITAR-UNOSAT. C h a u n g 22°5'0"N LEGEND Tandawgyi Magyidadaung City/Town Kyaukpyudaing P a u n g g a d a C h a u n g Nagadwin Village Kyehmon Airport Buba Primary/Secondary Rod 22°0'0"N Local/Urban Road Potentially Flood Affected Road Kyaukhmaw Salingyi Sadon Town 22°0'0"N State Boundary Bonmano Township Boundary Kyaungywa N g a k y w e FLOOD WATER EXTENT ANALYSIS Kantha Paungdawu Sulekon Chaung-U Town (Satellite-Based Classification) ChaungmanaC h a u n g D a i n g Chaunguywathit Probable Standing Flood Waters: T e i n k y a i n g [RadarSat-2 - 6 August 2015] Saga C h a u n g C h a u n g Pre-Crisis Water Extent [Sentinel-1 - 20 March 2015] Chindwin RiverD a n a k h a 21°55'0"N Kyetthagan Map Scale for A3: 1:200,000 C h a u n g Yemein Km Thazi Kanzi 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Satellite Data (1): RadarSat-2 Z a z o k m a Y o 21°55'0"N Imagery Dates: 6 August 2015 Resolution: 6.25 m Copyright: MacDonald, Dewitter and Associates, Ltd. N g e w t h a Source: MDA Satellite Kyauksitkon Satellite Data (2): Sentinel-1 C h a u n g Magyisu Imagery Dates: 20 March 2015 Resolution: 10 m Linzagyet L i n g a d a w Copyright: Copernicus 2014 / ESA C h a u n g N g a K o n Source: Sentinel-1 Scientific Data Hub Y a m a Road Data : OpenStreetMap Other Data: USGS, UNCS, NASA, NGA, MIMU, COD 21°50'0"N C h a u n g Analysis : UNITAR / UNOSAT Pazwa Production: UNITAR / UNOSAT Pyiba Analysis conducted with ArcGIS v10.3 Coordinate System: WGS 1984 UTM Zone 46N 21°50'0"N Projection: Transverse Mercator Paukin Datum: WGS 1984 Units: Meter P a u k i n Auko The depiction and use of boundaries, geographic C h a u n g Chauktaung names and related data shown here are not Shwepan warranted to be error-free nor do they imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Lingadaw UNOSAT is a program of the United Nations Institute Nabet for Training and Research (UNITAR), providing 21°45'0"N satellite imagery and related geographic information, Flooded Areas & Potentially Affected Roads research and analysis to UN humanitarian and development agencies and their implementing District Township Land (Ha) Roads (Km) % Analyzed Thadur partners. Ayadaw* 1,663 0.14 99 This work by UNITAR/UNOSAT is licensed under a 21°45'0"N Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- Tonkyaing Budalin 2,697 0.06 100 Kadozeik ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Chaung-U 13,732 1.51 100 Disaster coverage by the Monywa Kani* 4,815 2.01 81 International Charter 'Space and Thebon Monywa 6,990 2.76 100 Major Disasters'. For more information on the Charter, which Salingyi 3,437 1.39 100 is about assisting the disaster Seywa Yinmabin 1,437 0.49 100 relief organizations with multi- satellite data and information, visit Myingyan Myingyan* 3,306 - 28 www.disasterscharter.org 21°40'0"N Myaing* 133 - 84 N a b e t Udaya R i v e r Pakokku Pauk* 181 0.17 52 I r r a w a d d y Ywange I r r a w a d d y Zalatkon Yesagyo* 4,358 0.29 46 Nhemnokkyun Ywabet 21°40'0"N Myaung* 22,024 2.79 99 Sagaing Myinmu* 4,142 0.09 95 Yesagyo Town Ngazun* 6,506 0.04 52 Kyaukhlebein Contact Information: [email protected] *Denotes a partially analyzed area 24/7 Hotline: +41 76 487 4998 95°5'0"E 95°10'0"E 95°15'0"E 95°20'0"E 95°25'0"E www.unitar.org/unosat.
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