GUATEMALA Tropical Cyclone Alta Verapaz, Izabal and Zacapa Departments TC20201119GTM Imagery Analysis: 18 November 2020 | Published 20 November 2020 | Version 1.0
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GUATEMALA Tropical Cyclone Alta Verapaz, Izabal and Zacapa Departments TC20201119GTM Imagery analysis: 18 November 2020 | Published 20 November 2020 | Version 1.0 89?45'0"W 89?30'0"W 89?15'0"W 89?0'0"W 88?45'0"W 88?30'0"W La Palma / El Naranjo Sajul Timax La Gloria Chacalte 16?0'0"N Quebrada Seca Secoyou SA N LU IS Chinaja 16?0'0"N Agua Chiquita Santo Domingo CancuenSequixquib Map location Tuila PETEN SA N LU IS BELIZE Caxlampon San Jose Quebrada Seca Sexan Dos El Calvario Yaxha Poza del Danto Modesto Mendez (Cadenas) AMATIQUE BAY GUATEMALA Balastara / Sechacti Sarstun FRAY BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS Chocon / Paracaidistas Guatemala City Bolonco San Jacinto Chinayu Raxaja Blue Creek Sebila Balastrera Semox Livingston Nuevo Chahal San Agustin (Viejo Chahal) LIVINGSTON Satellite detected waters in Alta Bolivianos Verapaz, Izabal and Zacapa Santa Rosario 15?45'0"N Cienaga Puerto Barrios Airport departments of Guatemala 15?45'0"N CHAHAL Cotoxja LAKE EL GOLFETE El Quetzalito as of 18 November 2020 Puerto Barrios This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters in Alta Verapaz, Izabal and Zacapa á departments of Guatemala as observed from Santo Tom s de Castilla PUERTO BARRIOS a Sentinel-1 image acquired on 18 November 2020 LIVINGSTON l Entre RiosPlaca 1 at 18:06 ocal time. Within the analyzed area Bongo of about 15,000 km2, a total of about 170 km2 of lands appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop ALTA VERAPAZ La Ensenada El Cacao population data and the detected surface waters, CAHABON IZABAL about 17,500 people are potentially exposed Champas Corrientes or living close to flooded areas. GUATEMALA El Estor This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been La Ruidosa LAKE IZABAL validated in the field. Please send ground feedback 15?30'0"N Chichipate to UNITAR-UNOSAT. 15?30'0"N Cahaboncito Morales Important Note: Flood analysis from radar images SENAHU MORALES may underestimate the presence of standing waters Mariscos Rio Blanco Izabal in built-up areas and densely vegetated areas Campo 3 due to backscattering properties of the radar signal. Panzos El Chapin Abajo Guaritas Legend Caxlampom Village EL ES TO R Teleman La Coroza City / Town San Miguel Airport PA NZ OS San Isidro Primary road Secondary road LO S AM ATE S 15?15'0"N Juan de Paz Tertiary road Los Amates 15?15'0"N River SANTA CATALINA LA TINTA International boundary HONDURAS Department boundary GUALAN Municipality boundary ZACAPA Reference water TECULUTAN RIO HO ND O Gualan Satellite detected water [18 November 2020] Map Scale for A3: 1:500,000 ZAC A PA USUMATLAN ES TA NZ UE LA km 89?45'0"W 89?30'0"W 89?15'0"W 89?0'0"W 88?45'0"W 88?30'0"W 0 5 10 20 Analysis : UNITAR - UNOSAT Satellite Data : Sentinel-1 Administrative boundaries: Instituto Nacional de Estad?stica (INE) The depiction and use of boundaries, geographic names and related data shown here are not warranted to be error-free nor do they imply Analysis conduct with SNAP8.0 and ArcGIS v10.7 Imagery Date : 19 November 2020 Population data: WorldPop [2020] Production: UNITAR - UNOSAT Acquisition time : 00:06 UTC Reference Water: The European Commission's JRC official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. UNOSAT is a program of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research Coordinate System: WGS 1984 UTM Zone 16N Resolution : 10 m Road: Open Street Map (UNITAR), providing satellite imagery and related geographic information, research and analysis to UN humanitarian & development Projection: Transverse Mercator Copyright : Contain modified Copernicus Sentinel Data [2020] Background: ALOS Global DSM agencies & their implementing partners. This work by UNITAR-UNOSAT is licensed under a CC BY-NC 3.0. Source : ESA Datum: WGS 1984 UNITAR - UNOSAT - Palais des Nations CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland - T: +41 22 767 4020 (UNOSAT Operations) - Hotline 24/7: +41 75 411 4998 - [email protected] - www.unitar.org/unosat.