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HONDURAS 5? Tropical Cyclone Cortes and Yoro Departments Imagery Analysis: 18 November 2020 | Published 20 November 2020 | Version 1.0 TC20201116HND HONDURAS 5? Tropical Cyclone Cortes and Yoro Departments Imagery analysis: 18 November 2020 | Published 20 November 2020 | Version 1.0 TC20201116HND 88?20'0"W 88?10'0"W 88?0'0"W 87?50'0"W Map location H O N D U R A S Gulf of Honduras Puerto Cort?s Tegucigalpa N " N 0 " \! ' 0 0 ' 5 0 ? 5 5 ? 1 5 NICARAGUA 1 T E L A Satellite detected waters in P U E R T O C O R T E S Cortes and Yoro departments of Honduras as of 18 November This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters in Cortes and Yoro departments of Honduras as observed from a Sentinel-1 G U A T E M A L A image acquired on 18 November 2020 at 18:06 local time. Within the analyzed area of about N " N 0 " ' 0 0 5,200 km2, a total of about 220 km2 of lands ' 4 0 ? 4 5 ? 1 5 appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop O M O A 1 population data and the detected surface C H O L O M A waters, about 82,000 people are potentially Tegucigalpita exposed or living close to flooded areas. Choloma This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR-UNOSAT. Important Note: Flood analysis from radar images may underestimate the presence of standing waters in built-up areas and densely vegetated areas due to backscattering N S A N P E D R O S U L A San Pedro Sula " N 0 " ' 0 0 properties of the radar signal. ' 3 0 ? 3 5 ? 1 5 1 L A L I M A Legend CORTES )" City / Town La Lima Primary Road Secondary Road Q U I M I S T A N El Progreso River S A N M A N U E L International boundary H O N D U R A S N " N 0 " ' 0 0 San Manuel ' 2 Departmental boundary 0 ? 2 5 Mai Lanh Ha ? 1 V I L L A N U E V A 5 1 La Ceibita Villanueva Municipal boundary E L P R O G R E S O Analysis Extent S A N M A R C O S Petoa P E T O A P I M I E N T A YORO Reference water E L N E G R I T O Satellite detected water [18 November 2020] Potrerillos SANTA BARBARA Santa Rita C O N C E P C I O N D E L N O R T E P O T R E R I L L O S S A N T A R I T A Concepci?n del Norte N " N 0 " ' 0 0 ' 1 0 ? 1 5 ? 1 5 1 T R I N I D A D Nueva Granada Chinda S A N A N T O N I O D E C O R T E S El Encanto San Antonio de Cort?s C H I N D A S A N T A C R U Z D E Y O J O A Ilama S A N J O S E D E C O L I N A S I L A M A San Jos? de Colinas R?o Lindo Yojoa Gualala S A N F R A N C I S C O D E Y O J O A Map Scale for A3: 1:300,000 I G U A L A L A N U E V O C E L I L A C 0 2.5 5 7.5 10 88?20'0"W 88?10'0"W 88?0'0"W 87?50'0"W km Satellite Data : Sentinel-1 Administrative boundaries: Sistema Analysis: UNITAR - UNOSAT Analysis conducted with SNAP8.0 and ArcGIS v10.7 The depiction and use of boundaries, geographic names and related data shown here are not warranted Imagery Date : 19 November 2020 Nacional de Informacion Territorial (SINIT) Production: UNITAR - UNOSAT to be error-free nor do they imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. UNOSAT is Acquisition time : 00:06 UTC Population data: WorldPop [2020] a program of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), providing satellite imagery Coordinate System: WGS 1984 UTM Zone 16N Resolution : 10 m Reference Water: The European Projection: Transverse Mercator and related geographic information, research and analysis to UN humanitarian & development agencies Copyright : Contain modified Copernicus Commission's JRC & their implementing partners. This work by UNITAR-UNOSAT is licensed under a CC BY-NC 3.0. Datum: WGS 1984 Sentinel Data [2020] Road and River : Open Street Map Units: Meter Source : ESA Background: ALOS Global DSM 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.
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