Khartoum, Al Jazirah, Sennar and White Nile States Imagery Analysis: 02 - 06 September 2020 | Published 17 September 2020

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AÆ Floods ﻓﯾﺿﺎﻧﺎت ﺟﻣﮭورﯾﺔ اﻟﺳودان SUDAN Khartoum, Al Jazirah, Sennar and White Nile States Imagery analysis: 02 - 06 September 2020 | Published 17 September 2020 | Version 1.0 FL20200826SDN

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Satellite detected water extent 0 ° ° 6 6 1 between 09 & 15 September 2020 1 in Blue Nile, Sennar, White Nile, Al Jazirah and River Nile States, Sudan This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters (cumulative) in Sudan as detected by VIIRS-NOAA satellite between 09 & 15 September 2020 compared with the 02nd September and the 6th September 2020. N N "

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km2, a total of about 13,000 km2 of lands ap- 1 1 pear to be flooded. Between the two date range a decrease of satellite detected water extent over eastern parts of Sudan is ob- served. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 1,500,000 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. The potentially exposed population is mainly located in the states of Khartoum with ~550,000 people, N N " " 0 ' Sennar with ~200,000 people, Blue Nile with 0 ' 0 0 ° ° 4 4 1

~90,000 people, River Nile with ~100,000 1 people, White Nile with ~150,000 people and Al Jazirah with ~180,000 people. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR - UNOSAT.

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Analysis conducted with ArcGIS v10.4.1 Satellite Data (1): VIIRS-NOAA Satellite Data (2): VIIRS-NOAA Road Data : OpenStreetMap The depiction and use of boundaries, geographic names and related data shown here are not warranted Imagery Dates: 09-15 September 2020 Imagery Dates: 02-06 September 2020 Population data: WorldPop to be error-free nor do they imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. UNOSAT is Coordinate System: WGS 1984 UTM Zone 36N Resolution: 375 m Resolution: 375 m Boundary data: OCHA a program of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), providing satellite imagery Projection: Transverse Mercator Copyright: NOAA/Suomi NPP Copyright: NOAA/Suomi NPP Archeological Sites location: UNESCO and related geographic information, research and analysis to UN humanitarian & development agencies Datum: WGS 1984 Source: NOAA Source: NOAA Analysis : UNITAR - UNOSAT & their implementing partners. This work by UNITAR-UNOSAT is licensed under a CC BY-NC 3.0. Units: Meter Production: UNITAR - UNOSAT

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