Overall Orange alert Flood
in Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, Romania, Slovakia

Flood impact summary

This flood is expected to have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID: 1102899
Deaths: 13
Displaced: 7042
Region: Bavaria, Gala?i, Olomouc Region, Moravian-Silesian Region, Bezirk Tulln, Tulln an der Donau, Lower Austria
Countries: Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, Romania, Slovakia
From - To 12 Sep - 18 Sep
Known identifiers for this event: FL-2024-000169-AUT

GDACS Score

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Impact Assessement as of 16-09-2024

SENDAI Indicator A N Country Location Info
death 2 Romania Gala?i County
death 1 Austria Bezirk Tulln, Tulln an der Donau
death 6 Romania Gala?i
death 4 Romania Gala?i County
missing 4 Czech Republic Olomouc Region, Moravian-Silesian Region
SENDAI Indicator B N Country Location Info
affected 15000 Romania Gala?i
affected 12600 Czech Republic Olomouc Region, Moravian-Silesian Region
affected 12600 Czech Republic Moravian-Silesian Region, Olomouc Region
affected 1 Czech Republic Jankovice-Traplice
affected 3 Czech Republic Lipová-lázne
affected 260000 Czech Republic Central Bohemia
affected 5000 Romania Gala?i County
displaced 1900 Czech Republic Olomouc Region
displaced 1750 Austria Lower Austria
displaced 100 Czech Republic Zdounky
displaced 3000 Czech Republic Moravian-Silesian Region
displaced 252 Romania Gala?i County
displaced 40 Romania Vaslui County
rescued 8 Romania Vaslui County
rescued 45 Czech Republic Olomouc Region
rescued 87 Romania Gala?i County

Satellite Observation

Satellite-based Flood extent provided by GLOFAS
Overall of the satellite-based flooded area from / to : 2024-09-05 / 2024-09-25  

Timeline of revisions

For accessing reports of previous advisories, please click on the advisory number in the table below.

IDAlert ColorPopulation affectedStart DateEnd DateSource
1 4 deaths and 292 displaced 13 Sep 2024 15 Sep 2024 GLOFAS
2 0 deaths and 5000 displaced 13 Sep 2024 15 Sep 2024 GLOFAS
3 3 deaths and 1750 displaced 12 Sep 2024 18 Sep 2024 GLOFAS

Flood polygons

This polygon (translucent blue with a blue border) is drawn by the analysts recording the flood event. It is meant to include all the areas reported as affected, by official source or the media. It does not represent the area actually under water.

Microwave flood detection

Flooded area, as detected in microwaves by the Global Flood Detection System of the JRC, based on NASA TRMM/GPM observations. This system has a rather low resolution (of 5-10km) but is not affected by clouds.
For more details, see http://www.unisdr.org/files/9622_LBNA23303ENC002.pdf.
The areas with a flood signal along the coast are an artefact of the system and should not be considered.

Optical Flood detection

Flooded area as detected in optical wavelengths by NASA/MODIS, known as "MODIS Flood Product". Data are made available by NASA GSFC Flood Mapping Project, http://oas.gsfc.nasa.gov/floodmap/index.html. Resolution of 250m, heavily affected by cloud cover.