HONDURAS 5 Tropical Cyclone Gracias a Dios Department TC20201116HND Imagery Analysis: 25 November 2020 | Published 26 November 2020 | Version 1.0
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HONDURAS 5 Tropical Cyclone Gracias a Dios Department TC20201116HND Imagery analysis: 25 November 2020 | Published 26 November 2020 | Version 1.0 84?40'0"W 84?20'0"W 84?0'0"W 83?40'0"W 83?20'0"W Map location Lagun a de B rus O Cartine H O N D U R A S Brus Laguna Tegucigalpa \! N " 0 NICARAGUA ' 0 4 ? N " 5 0 1 ' 0 4 ? 5 1 Satellite detected waters in Gracias a Dios department of Honduras as of 25 November 2020 B R U S L A G U N A This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters in C A R I B B E A N S E A Gracias a Dios department of Honduras as observed from a Sentinel-1 image acquired on 25 November 2020 Ahuas at 05:30 Local time. Within the analyzed area of about 15,000 km2, a total of about 330 km2 of lands appear to A H U A S be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 3,000 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. Lag un a d e C This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been ar at N as " c 0 a ' validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to 0 2 ? N " 5 0 UNITAR-UNOSAT. 1 ' 0 2 ? 5 Important Note: Flood analysis from radar images may 1 underestimate the presence of standing waters in built- up areas and densely vegetated areas due to H O N D U R A S Puerto Lempira backscattering properties of the radar signal. GRAC IAS A D IOS Legend )" City / Town Road Wampusirpi W A M P U S I R P I River Internationall boundary P U E R T O L E M P I R A R A M ? N V I L L E D A M O R A L E S Raya Municipal boundary Analysis Extent N " 0 Reference water ' 0 ? N 5 " 1 0 ' 0 Satellite detected water [25 November 2020] ? 5 1 Satellite detected water [19 November 2020] G U A A R A Map Scale for A3: 1:500,000 N I C I! km 0 2.5 5 10 15 20 84?40'0"W 84?20'0"W 84?0'0"W 83?40'0"W 83?20'0"W Analysis conducted with ArcGIS v10.7 Satellite Data : Sentinel-1 Administrative boundaries: Sistema Nacional de Informacion Territorial (SINIT) Analysis: UNITAR - UNOSAT Imagery Date (1) : 25 November 2020 Population data: WorldPop [2020] Production: UNITAR - UNOSAT The depiction and use of boundaries, geographic names and related data shown here are not warranted to be error-free nor do they imply Acquisition time (1) : 11:30 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 Imagery Date (2) : 19 November 2020 Road and River : Open Street Map (UNITAR), providing satellite imagery and related geographic information, research and analysis to UN humanitarian & development Projection: Transverse Mercator Acquisition time (2) : 11:29 UTC Background: ALOS Global DSM Resolution : 10 m agencies & their implementing partners. This work by UNITAR-UNOSAT is licensed under a CC BY-NC 3.0. Datum: WGS 1984 Copyright : Contain modified Copernicus Sentinel Data [2020] Units: Meter Source : ESA 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.