Laos dam collapse and flooding: View from Space
The collapse, on the night of July 23, of the Xe Namnoy Xe Pian Dam in Sanamxay district, Attapeu province of Lao PDR, flooded villages and left thousands homeless.
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The collapse, on the night of July 23, of the Xe Namnoy Xe Pian Dam in Sanamxay district, Attapeu province of Lao PDR, flooded villages and left thousands homeless.
Vietnam experienced one of its worst droughts in almost a century from 2015 to 2016, affecting over 2 million people in 52 provinces nationwide. Ninh Thuan, a province in south central Vietnam with a population of just over 600,000, was severely affected.
RCMRD’s Lilian Wangui, Food Security and Agriculture Lead, and Rose Waswa, Remote Sensing Technician, were interviewed on a Kenyan national TV channel on August 15.
A NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) News Feature describes how a new tool provided local authorities and decision-makers in Laos with near real-time information to assess damages and provide help following the July 23 failure of a hydropower dam.
SERVIR hubs are at the forefront in developing high-quality water information, tools, products, and services that enable partner countries to monitor, measure, and report on water resources and changes, and to better predict and manage water-related disasters.
Issaka Lona, Hydrology and Water-Related Natural Disasters / Weather and Climate for Food Security and Natural Resource Management Thematic Lead for AGRHYMET / SERVIR-West Africa, is profiled.
Dr. Farrukh Chishtie, Science and Data Co-Lead for ADPC / SERVIR-Mekong, is profiled.
Faith Mitheu, Water and Disasters Lead for RCMRD / SERVIR-Eastern & Southern Africa, is profiled.
Eric Anderson, NASA/SERVIR-Mekong Science Coordination Lead and Disasters Theme Lead for the NASA SERVIR Science Coordination Office, is profiled.
Mir Matin, Science and Data Lead for SERVIR-HKH / ICIMOD and Theme Leader, Geospatial Solutions for ICIMOD, is profiled.