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Limiting the Effects of Natural Disasters
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Mudslides and Flooding
Venezuela's worst natural disaster in a century
killed over 20,000 people, December 15-20,
1999 Caused over 2 billion in damage
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Flooding
Greatest flooding in 500 years hit Argentina's
north-central region in April and May, 2003 Over
20 deaths and more than 100,000 people
displaced 1 billion in damage Cost to Santa Fe
farmers about 200 million
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Drought
By early 2006, Brazil's worst drought in 40 years
had affected hundreds of thousands of people
across 7 states World's largest rainforest was
severely damaged Fresh, clean drinking water
became scarce Millions of fish died
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September 28, 2005
Wildfires
Brazil's drought brought intense wildfires
July 24, 2005
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Severe Winds
Hurricane force winds destroyed infrastructure in
Montevideo and several departments on August 23,
2005 10 people died Nearly 1,000 families had
no drinking water Thousands of homes damaged
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Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)
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68 Countries and the European Commission
46 Organizations
Algeria Argentina Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Bel
gium Belize Brazil Cameroon Canada Central
African Republic Chile China Congo,
Republic of the Croatia Cyprus Czech
Republic Denmark Egypt European
Commission Finland France Germany
Greece Guinea-Bissau Honduras Hungary Iceland Indi
a Indonesia Iran Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakh
stan Korea, Republic of Latvia Luxembourg Malaysia
Mali Mauritius Mexico Moldova Morocco Nepal Nethe
rlands New Zealand Niger
Nigeria Norway Paraguay Philippines Portugal Russi
an Federation Slovakia Slovenia South
Africa Spain Sudan Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tun
isia Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United
States Uzbekistan

www.earthobservations.org
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GEONETCast
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Malaria Case Example
Global Observations
Local/Regional Observations
Sea Surface Temperature
Weather
Social Factors
Demographics
Climate
Land Cover
Land Use
Mosquito Surveillance
Other observations
Disease Surveillance
Applications, Products, Model Output
GEONETCast
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GEONETCast Americas Approximate Proposed
Coverage Area
Initial coverage (2007-2009) Final coverage
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GOES-10
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The goal is to access the right information,in
the right format, at the right time, for the
right people to make the right decisions.
www.earthobservations.org