Satellite detected water extent in Vohipeno District, Vatovavy Fitovinany Region, Madagascar as of 05 January 2024
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Title
Satellite detected water extent in Vohipeno District, Vatovavy Fitovinany Region, Madagascar as of 05 January 2024
Description
**UNOSAT code: TC20240102MDG, GDACS ID: 1001040** This map illustrates satellite-detected water extent in Vohipeno District, Vatovavy Fitovinany Region as observed from a Sentinel-1 image acquired on 05 January 2024 at 05:20 local time. Within the extent of this map of about 600 km², a total of about 50 km² of lands appear to be affected with flood waters. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 17,700 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 the United Nations Satellite Centre (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
2024-01-05
Date Issued
2024-01-06
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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) (2024). Satellite detected water extent in Vohipeno District, Vatovavy Fitovinany Region, Madagascar as of 05 January 2024. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/081959fa-756c-4dba-b904-a354ab6058f1 (dataset)