2015-09-30 Flood in Sri Lanka on 30 September, 2015

Emergency Obs. Request Information

  • Disaster Type: Flood
  • Country: Sri Lanka
  • Occurrence Date (UTC):
  • SA activation Date(UTC): 30 September, 2015
  • Requester: Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)
  • Escalation to the International Charter:
  • GLIDE Number:

Disaster Situation

At least 18,917 persons have been affected by the severe weather condition prevailing in the Southern Province for several days, the Disaster Management Center said. Close to 13,057 persons of 3,411 families in the Galle District had been affected by heavy rains, floods and landslides. At least 14 houses had been fully damaged. Kadawathsathara, Habaraduwa, Bope-Poddala and Imaduwa Divisional Secretariat areas were the most affected in the Galle district, the DMC said. Meanwhile, 5,860 persons in Matara District have also been affected due to the bad weather.
http://reliefweb.int/report/sri-lanka/sri-lanka-severe-weather-disaster-management-centre-sri-lanka-red-cross-sri-lanka
http://www.dailymirror.lk/89369/18-000-affected-due-to-adverse-weather
https://www.dropbox.com/s/11tvhuvtw4zz7d2/flood%20warning.pdf

Product

 AIT 

2015-10-02

Floods in Tangalle Area in Southern Province of Sri Lanka - ALOS-2/PALSA-2 on 30.09.2015

2015-10-04

Water Covered Area in Southern Province of Sri Lanka - Detected by ALOS-2/PALSA-2 on 01.10.2015

2015-10-09

Flood Water extent in Southern Province of Sri Lanka - Detected by ALOS-2/PALSA-2 on 01.10.2015

 IWMI 

2015-10-26

Flood_SriLanka_Closeview_Galle_Matara_Sept2015

2015-10-26

Flood_SriLanka_Closeview_Hambantota-Sept2015

2015-10-26

Flood_SriLanka-Overview_Sept2015

2015-10-26

2015 Floods in Sri Lanka monitored using Satellite Rainfall Estimates

 JAXA 

2015-10-29

SriLanka Quick report used data 20150930

 University of Tokyo 

2015-10-04

Area Under Water, Detected by ALOS-2 (PALSAR-2), Sept. 30, 2015, Sri Lanka

2015-10-05

Possible flood area in the southern province of Sri Lanka (30 September 2015)

Satellite Image

 Before Disaster

 JAXA 

2015-02-18

ALOS-2 PALSAR-2,P162,F110,HHHVHH,A 32.5,Feb. 18, 2015

2015-02-18

ALOS-2 PALSAR-2,P162,F110,HH,A 32.5,Feb. 18, 2015

2015-02-18

ALOS-2 PALSAR-2,P162,F110,HV,A 32.5,Feb. 18, 2015

 After Disaster

 JAXA 

2015-10-01

ALOS-2 PALSAR-2,P165,F90,HHHVHH,A 52.4,Oct. 1, 2015

2015-10-01

ALOS-2 PALSAR-2,P165,F90,HH,A 52.4,Oct. 1, 2015

2015-10-01

ALOS-2 PALSAR-2,P165,F90,HV,A 52.4,Oct. 1, 2015

2015-10-30

ALOS-2 PALSAR-2,P162,F110,HHHVHH,A 32.5,Sept. 30, 2015

2015-10-30

ALOS-2 PALSAR-2,P162,F110,HH,A 32.5,Sept. 30, 2015

2015-10-30

ALOS-2 PALSAR-2,P162,F110,HV,A 32.5,Sept. 30, 2015