The Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System provides near real-time alerts about natural disasters around the world and tools to facilitate response coordination, including media monitoring, map catalogues and Virtual On-Site Operations Coordination Centre.

Overview

Green flood alert in USA Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00 +0000
Source: Dartmouth Flood Observatory based on media analysis

See also experimental flood monitoring system for USA

Analysis: March 17, 2010: " The Red River rose 3 feet in one day to 28.2 feet by Tuesday afternoon and was expected to reach the major flooding stage of 30 feet by midnight Tuesday, said Greg Gust, warning co-ordination meteorologist for the U.S. National Weather S...

The flood started on 3/10/2010 and ended on 3/24/2010, with a duration of 15 days. This flood has severity class 1 (i.e. large flood event with significant damage to structures or agriculture; fatalities; and/or 1-2 decades-long reported interval since the last similar event).

The main cause is Heavy Rain Snowmelt Dam Break.

The alert score is based on the reported death and displaced. Red = 1000 or more people killed or 800000 or more people displaced. Orange = 100 or more people killed or 80000 or more displaced.

• alert score: 1
• magnitude: 7.2
• duration: 15
• severity: 1
• affected region: 1015000 km²

Impact

No reports on damage have been found. The flood affected a region of approximately 1015000 km².

Location

For the following locations damage has been reported: Ohio Valley, Upper Midwest, Northeast, New Hampshire

The approximate geographic location of this flood is 41.36 latitude and -78.11 longitude. This is the centroid of the affected area, as determined by the place names mentioned in the media.

Rivers in flood:

Maps (around approximate geographic location)

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