2010-04-25 Landslide in Taiwan on 25 April, 2010

Emergency Obs. Request Information

  • Disaster Type: Landslide
  • Country: Taiwan
  • Occurrence Date (UTC):
  • SA activation Date(UTC): 25 April, 2010
  • Requester: National Applied Research Laboratories (NARL)
  • Escalation to the International Charter:
  • GLIDE Number:

Disaster Situation

A massive landslide occurred near the northern city of Keelung that buried part of Freeway No. 3, including five people in four cars were trapped under the rubble. The priority actions include finding the missing people and investigating the nearby area to check if any possible immediate danger of similar geological structures. Please provide the ALOS Radar image to support the efforts.

Satellite Image

 Before Disaster

 JAXA 

2008-10-20

ALOS PSR/FBS, P87 F3110 A34.3, Oct 20, 2008

 NARL 

2010-02-24

LS-keelung-before

 After Disaster

 JAXA 

2010-05-02

ALOS PSR/FBS, P82 F3120 A46.6, May 2, 2010

 NARL 

2010-05-03

LS-keelung-after