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- European Floods Portal
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- Natural Hazards Center | University of Colorado at Boulder
- TRMM
- Agriculture Online Visualization and Analysis System (AOVAS)
- Dartmouth Flood Observatory
- PreventionWeb.net
- RSOE EDIS - Emergency and Disaster Information Service
- Pacific Disaster Center
- Global Risk Data Platform
- Columbia University: Center For Hazards & Risk Research
- GDACS
- Global Flood Map | World Wide Map of Potential Flooding
- Interactive Flood Maps
This update was published the 03 March 2014
Locust information have been extracted from FAO Locust Watch
Outbreaks continue along Red Sea and in Horn of Africa
Related countries: Eritrea Ethiopia Iran Pakistan Saudi Arabia Somalia Sudan Yemen
The Desert Locust situation remains serious along both sides of the Red Sea as outbreaks continue in Eritrea, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and, to a lesser extent, in Sudan and northern Somalia, where hopper bands, groups and swarms have formed. Although locust infestations should decline in the winter breeding areas due to control operations and drying conditions, there is a risk that adult groups and small swarms will form and move into spring breeding areas of the interior in Saudi Arabia, northern Sudan, and perhaps parts of northern Somalia and eastern Ethiopia. Small to moderate scale breeding is likely in those areas that receive rainfall. In Northwest Africa, low numbers of adults are expected to appear south of the Atlas Mountains and breed on a small scale. A similar situation is also likely in southeast Iran and western Pakistan, causing locust numbers to increase slightly.