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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Bavarian Prime Minister Horst Seehofer inaugurates EOC Service Lab
2 September 2010, 15:00 CEST

On Sept. 2 the Bavarian Prime Minister Horst Seehofer has inaugurated the "EOC Service Lab" of the German Aerospace Center DLR. The new facility is part of the DLR Earth Observation Center EOC, that was established on July 20, 2010. The Service Lab comprises the scientific and technical capacities of the Center for Satellite Based Crisis Information (ZKI), the World Data Center for Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere (WDC-RSAT) and the Reference Platform for environmental and crisis information systems.

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Center for Satellite Based Crisis Information (ZKI) gets new web portal
23 August 2010, 14:22 CEST

Today, Monday August 23 the Center for Satellite Based Crisis Information (ZKI) of DLR celebrates the relaunch of it’s web-portal. The old portal, that existed since the very beginning of this DLR service, has been fundamentally overhauled, both in visual and technical respect. It is offering now contemporary and comfortable access to the products of ZKI and to the information about recent activities and projects.

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Flooding along the river Niger in August 2010
13 August 2010, 01:15 CEST - last update on 14 August 2010, 14:55 CEST

Since June West and Central Africa was suffering from a severe drought. In early August (7th to 9th of August) a large low pressure system caused heavy rains resulting in floods along the Niger river. Thousands of homes were flooded, especially in the surroundings of Niamey. As the water levels are not receding significantly due to ongoing rainfall, the risk of waterborne diseases is rising.

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Floods on the River Neisse (border triangle Czech Republic-Poland-Germany)
11 August 2010, 17:51 CEST

Beginning of August 2010 heavy rains in Central Europe caused floods in the border triangle of Czech Republic, Poland and Germany. Although a lot of effort was put in evacuating people, several persons died due to the inundations and severe damages to households and infrastructure were reported. The most affected region on German territory was the Free State of Saxony, which had to fight against very fast rising water levels. Therefore, in many Saxon districts emergency alert was triggered.

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Flood in Pakistan, July and August 2010
3 August 2010, 12:22 CEST - last update on 9 August 2010, 15:30 CEST

In July and August, 2010, after heavy monsoon rains, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, was hit by severe floods. Estimates speak of at least 1,300 people killed, 3.700 houses destroyed and 45 bridges swept away. More than a million people were directly affected by the flood.

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	31/07/2010	Flood in Burkina Faso
	27/07/2010	Flooding in Bulgaria
	29/06/2010	Flood in Romania and Moldova
	10/06/2010	Tropical Cyclone Phet - Flash flood along the Sindh Coast of Karachi
	28/05/2010	Floods on the River Oder (German-Polish Border)

Floods in Pakistan

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