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 China Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00 +0000
Source: Dartmouth Flood Observatory based on media analysis

See also experimental flood monitoring system for China

Analysis: July 23, 2010: "Typhoon Chanthu, reported to be one of the worst storms to strike Hong Kong in 30 years, flooded 3,000 homes yesterday and is now moving across southeast China. At least one person was killed in the flooding. Torrential rains slammed Hong ...

The flood started on 7/21/2010 and ended on 7/23/2010, with a duration of 3 days. This flood has severity class 2 (i.e. this is an extreme event with an estimated recurrence interval greater than 100 years).

The main cause is Tropical Storm Chanthu.

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: 4.7
• duration: 3
• severity: 2
• affected region: 10510 km²

Impact

Reports indicate that 1 person(s) have been killed and 15000 have been displaced. No reports on damage have been found. The flood affected a region of approximately 10510 km².

Location

For the following locations damage has been reported: Hong Kong

The approximate geographic location of this flood is 22.67 latitude and 114.01 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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