Welcome to the Center for Satellite Based Crisis Information

The Center for Satellite Based Crisis Information (ZKI) presents a service of the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) of DLR. It provides a 24/7 service for the rapid provision, processing and analysis of satellite imagery during natural and environmental disasters, for humanitarian relief activities and civil security issues worldwide. The resulting satellite based information products are provided to relief organisations and public authorities and are also freely available on the ZKI website.

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Flood in Bulgaria
10 February 2012, 21:55 CET

Due to heavy snow that has covered Bulgaria in the beginning of February 2012, several dams were overflowing. On Monday, 6 February, the Ivanovo dam wall broke due to severe weather conditions and the water released inundated the villages of Biser and Leshnikovo in south eastern Bulgaria. Several other dams in this areas are also in risk of being damaged due to masses of water and snow.

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Flood in Mozambique
24 January 2012, 23:33 CET - last update on 30 January 2012, 13:00 CET

On January 16, 2012, Mozambique’s coast was hit by the tropical depression “Dando” followed by cyclone “Funso”. With wind speeds up to 220 km/h and torrential rains the storms have caused severe damages and floods.

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Fires in Chile
3 January 2012, 22:10 CET - last update on 17 January 2012, 13:17 CET

Since December 27, 2011, a massive forest fire raged through the Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia, Chile and has destroyed an area of about 125 sq km. Hundreds of military personnel and fire fighters were deployed at the scene to fight the blaze and managed to bring the fire under control on January 2, 2012.

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Forest fires in Bulgaria
23 November 2011, 16:35 CET

On November 21, 2011, forest fires were reported near the village of Treklyano, Kjustendil province (western Bulgaria) in a mountanious area close to the Serbian border.

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Forest fires in Romania
8 November 2011, 21:30 CET

On November 06, 2011, heath and forest fires were reported in the mountain region near Sibiu in Romania. The map shows the burnt area extent derived by semi- automatic image analysis of SPOT-5 data (2.5 m resolution) acquired on November 08, 2011.

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	23/10/2011	Earthquake in Turkey on October 23, 2011
	27/09/2011	Parking occupancy at the NRW-Day and German Unity Day, Bonn 2011, Germany.
	14/09/2011	EU CARPATHEX exercise on CBRN threats held in the Podkarpackie Region, Poland
	13/09/2011	Floods in Pakistan
	28/07/2011	Famine in East Africa

DLR joins International Charter 'Space and Major Disasters'

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