Satellite detected water extent over Shabelle Zone, Somali Region, Ethiopia as of 2 April 2023
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Satellite detected water extent over Shabelle Zone, Somali Region, Ethiopia as of 2 April 2023
Description
**UNOSAT code FL20230327SOM** This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters in Shabelle Zone, Somali Region, Ethiopia as observed from a Sentinel-2 image acquired on 2 April 2023 at 07:38 UTC. Within the analyzed area of about 22,000 km², about 180 km² of land appear to be flooded. Water extent appears to have decreased by about 230 km² since 28 March 2023. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters in the analyzed area, 19,000 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
2023-04-05
Date Issued
2023-04-07
License
http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by-sa
Access Rights
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) (2023). Satellite detected water extent over Shabelle Zone, Somali Region, Ethiopia as of 2 April 2023. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/b2d74418-ba5e-4ebe-b675-a6cf653b00cb (dataset)