Damage Assessment in Ambae Island, Penama Province, Vanuatu
The Centre for Humanitarian Data
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2020
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Title
Damage Assessment in Ambae Island, Penama Province, Vanuatu
Description
**UNOSAT code: TC20200403VUT** This map illustrates potentially damaged structures and buildings in Ambae Island, Penama Province, Vanuatu as detected by satellite image acquired after landfall of the Tropical Cyclone Harold-20 on 6 April 2020. UNITAR-UNOSAT analysis used a WorldView-2 image acquired on 20 April 2020 and Pleiades image acquired on 21 April 2020 as post event images, Within the Island extent, UNITAR-UNOSAT identified in the cloud free zones about 60 potentially damaged structures. Taking into account the pre-building footprints provided by Humanitarian OpenStreetMap, this represents about 1% of the total number of structures within the analyzed cloud free areas. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR-UNOSAT.
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UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT)
UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) (2020). Damage Assessment in Ambae Island, Penama Province, Vanuatu. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/01725338-f86b-40e1-9736-781f688690bc (dataset)