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      <title>Tropical Cyclone Batsirai-22, Preliminary Satellite-derived, Road Damage Assessment</title>
      <description>Status: Inundated and damaged roads observedFurther action(s): Continue monitoringSummary of findings;Route 1 : Farafangana â€“ Vondrozo District, Atsimo Atsinanana ProvinceAffected roads in Farafangana Town observed as of 15 Feb 2022;Potentially damaged road and standing waters observed in Vondrozo district as of 15 Feb 2022;Potentially damaged bridge observed in Vondrozo district as of 15 Feb 2022;Route-2: Midongy Atsimo â€“ Befotoka District, Atsimo Atsinanana ProvinceInundated road observed in Midongy town, Midongy Atsimo district as of 9 Feb 2022;Damaged road observed in Midongy Atsimo district as of 9 Feb 2022;No visible damaged road observed in Befotaka Village, Befotaka District, Atsimo Atsinanana Region as of 15 Feb 2022;</description>
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      <pubdate>Tue, 15 Feb 2022 15:49:06</pubdate>
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      <title>Satellite detected water extents in Farafangana and Vangaindrano districts, Atsimo Atsinanana region, as of 8 Feb. 2022</title>
      <description>This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters in Farafangana and Vangaindrano districts, Atsimo Atsinanana region, Madagascar as observed from RCM-3 images acquired on 8 February 2022 at 05:15 local time. Within the analyzed area of 1,700 km2, a total of about 84 km2 of lands appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 17,800 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas.Â 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 properties of the radar signal.</description>
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      <pubdate>Mon, 14 Feb 2022 13:12:31</pubdate>
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      <title>Satellite detected water extents in Farafangana district, Atsimo Atsinanana region, Madagascar  as of 8 February 2022</title>
      <description>This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters in Farafangana district, Atsimo Atsinanana region, Madagascar as observed from a TerraSAR-X image acquired on 8 February 2022 at 05:27 local time. Within the analyzed area of 2,600km2, a total of about 100 km2 of lands appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 22,400 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas.Â This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Â Please send ground feedback to United Nations Satellite Centre (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 properties of the radar signal.</description>
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      <pubdate>Mon, 14 Feb 2022 13:06:39</pubdate>
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      <title>Satellite detected water extents in Midongy-Atsimo district, Atsimo Atsinanana region, Madagascar as of 8 February 2022</title>
      <description>This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters in Midongy-Atsimo district, Atsimo Atsinanana region, Madagascar as of 8 February 2022 at 05:21 local time. The flood analysis were carried out by using an automated analysis with Artificial Intelligence based methods. Within the analyzed area of about 2,400 km2, ~150 km2 of lands appear to be flooded and about 2 km2 of croplands appear to be likely affected by the flood waters. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters in the analyzed area, the potentially exposed population is about 6,200 people potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas.This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to United Nations Satellite Centre (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 properties of the radar signal.</description>
      <link>https://unitar.org/unosat/node/44/3467</link>
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      <pubdate>Fri, 11 Feb 2022 12:12:26</pubdate>
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      <title>Satellite detected water extents in Betroka district, Anosy region, Madagascar as of 9 February 2022</title>
      <description>This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters over Betroka district, Anosy region, Madagascar observed from Sentinel-2 image acquired on 9 February 2022 at 10:00 local time. Within the analyzed cloud free zones of about ~1,000 km2, a total of about 35 km2 of lands appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 2,000 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. This is a preliminary analysis that has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT).</description>
      <link>https://unitar.org/unosat/node/44/3466</link>
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      <pubdate>Thu, 10 Feb 2022 14:32:07</pubdate>
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      <title>Satellite-detected water extents  in Amboasary-Atsimo and Taolagnaro districts, Anosy region as of 8 February 2022</title>
      <description>This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters in Amboasary-Atsimo and Taolagnaro districts, Anosy region, Madagascar as of 8 February 2022 at 05:21 local time. The flood analysis were carried out by using an automated analysis with Artificial Intelligence based methods.Within the analyzed area of about 2,700 km2, about 30 km2 of lands appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 3,000 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas.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 properties of the radar signal.</description>
      <link>https://unitar.org/unosat/node/44/3463</link>
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      <pubdate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 09:59:05</pubdate>
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      <title>Satellite detected water extents in Vatovavy Fitovinany region, Madagascar  as of 8 February 2022</title>
      <description>This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters in Vatovavy Fitovinany region, Madagascar as of 8 February 2022 at 05:20 local time. The flood analysis were carried out by using an automated analysis with Artificial Intelligence based methods.Within the analyzed area of about 3,800 km2, 210 km2 of lands appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters in the analyzed area, the potentially exposed population is  57,200 people mainly located in district of Vohipeno with ~ 30,000 people, and Manakara Atsimo with ~ 27,000 people,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 properties of the radar signal.</description>
      <link>https://unitar.org/unosat/node/44/3462</link>
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      <pubdate>Tue, 08 Feb 2022 15:23:41</pubdate>
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