Satellite detected waters in Albay and Camarines Sur Provinces, Bicol Region of Philippines as of 6 November 2020
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Title
Satellite detected waters in Albay and Camarines Sur Provinces, Bicol Region of Philippines as of 6 November 2020
Description
**UNOSAT code: TC20201101PHL** This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters in Albay and Camarines Sur provinces of Philippines as observed from a Sentinel-1 image acquired on 6 November 2020 at 05:38 local time. Within the analyzed area of about 5,000 km2, a total of about 120 km2 of lands appear to be flooded. The water extent appears to have receded of about 120 km2 since 1 November 2020. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 80,000 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.
Creator
UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT)
Publisher
The Centre for Humanitarian Data
Temporal Coverage
2020-11-06
Date Issued
2020-11-19
License
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Public
Date Added
August 23, 2025
Provenance Statement
The metadata for this resource was last retrieved from Humanitarian Data Exchange on 2025-08-23.
UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) (2020). Satellite detected waters in Albay and Camarines Sur Provinces, Bicol Region of Philippines as of 6 November 2020. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/05d2b71b-66e0-4b8e-adc9-33528e24e790 (dataset)