Satellite detected water extent over southern Hiraan Region and Jowhar CIty, Middle Shabelle Region, Somalia as of 24 May 2023
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2023
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Satellite detected water extent over southern Hiraan Region and Jowhar CIty, Middle Shabelle Region, Somalia as of 24 May 2023
Description
**UNOSAT code FL20230327SOM, GDACS Id: 1101908** This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters over southern Hiraan Region and Jowhar CIty, Middle Shabelle Region, Somalia observed from a Sentinel-2 image acquired on 24 May 2023 at 07:06 UTC. Within the analysed area of 8,600km², about 430 km² of land appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters in the analysed area, at least 47,000 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 United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT).
Creator
UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT)
Publisher
The Centre for Humanitarian Data
Temporal Coverage
2023-05-26
Date Issued
2023-05-27
License
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Public
Date Added
August 23, 2025
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The metadata for this resource was last retrieved from Humanitarian Data Exchange on 2025-08-23.
UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) (2023). Satellite detected water extent over southern Hiraan Region and Jowhar CIty, Middle Shabelle Region, Somalia as of 24 May 2023. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/5e237251-82d1-4c22-87f5-64dc45b5cc67 (dataset)