Laos dam collapse and flooding: View from Space
The collapse, on the night of July 23, of the Xe Namnoy Xe Pian Dam in Sanamxay district, Attapeu province of Lao PDR, flooded villages and left thousands homeless.
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The collapse, on the night of July 23, of the Xe Namnoy Xe Pian Dam in Sanamxay district, Attapeu province of Lao PDR, flooded villages and left thousands homeless.
Vietnam experienced one of its worst droughts in almost a century from 2015 to 2016, affecting over 2 million people in 52 provinces nationwide. Ninh Thuan, a province in south central Vietnam with a population of just over 600,000, was severely affected.
A NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) News Feature describes how a new tool provided local authorities and decision-makers in Laos with near real-time information to assess damages and provide help following the July 23 failure of a hydropower dam.
Dr. Farrukh Chishtie, Science and Data Co-Lead for ADPC / SERVIR-Mekong, is profiled.
Eric Anderson, NASA/SERVIR-Mekong Science Coordination Lead and Disasters Theme Lead for the NASA SERVIR Science Coordination Office, is profiled.
From 2014 to 2016, Vietnam experienced its worst drought in 90 years, with 52 out of the 63 provinces affected. This event and subsequent disasters emphasized the need for a reliable system that can provide forecast information about rainfall and drought.
In recent years, weather-related disasters such as floods and storms have become frequent in the Lower Mekong Region. According to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, from 1995 to 2015, almost half of all the disasters across the globe were floods, which affected 2.3 billion people. The majority of these events occurred in Asia.
For a second year, the SERVIR-Mekong program held an exhibition booth as part of the U.S. Government pavilion at Cambodia’s Science and Engineering Festival Exposition and Workshop (CSEF).
A new land cover tool originally developed for southeast Asia is now being expanded globally.
Following the launch of the Regional Land Cover Monitoring System (RLCMS) in 2018, developers are releasing an upgraded version resulting from a collaborative effort between SERVIR-Mekong and SERVIR Hindu Kush Himalaya.