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Population potentially exposed to floods in Malawi as of 26 and 31 January, and 2 February 2022

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Population potentially exposed to floods in Malawi as of 26 and 31 January, and 2 February 2022
Description
**UNOSAT code: TC20220126MWI** This map illustrates population potentially exposed to floods (cumulative) aggregated by district in Malawi from Sentinel-1 images acquired between 26 January and 2 February 2022 about 05:00 local time. The flood analysis was carried out by using automated analysis with an Artificial Intelligence based method, and Worldpop spatial demographic data. About 102,000 people were exposed or living close to flooded areas. The population potentially exposed to floods are mainly located in the districts of Chikwawa with ~ 33,700 people and Nsanje with ~ 33,700 people. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to 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.
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UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT)
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Humanitarian Data Exchange
Temporal Coverage
2022-02-03
Date Issued
2022-02-16
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http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by-sa
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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 2026-01-15.

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    UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) (2022). Population potentially exposed to floods in Malawi as of 26 and 31 January, and 2 February 2022. Humanitarian Data Exchange. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/441d177e-5f79-4ed8-9a64-299f4c26acdd (dataset)
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