Title

Status of River Breakages along Juba and Shabelle Rivers - Issued March 2024

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Abstract

FAO-SWALIM has updated the status of the river breakages along the Juba and Shabelle Rivers using available Very High Resolution (VHR) satellite imagery and a Digital Elevation Model (DEM). Four types of breakages have been identified, namely; open, overflow, Canal Flooding Point, and closed with sandbags. The open breakages are those that are currently open as observed on the latest VHR image available. All the observations reported refers to the latest suitable VHR satellite image available, which is indicated in the online database.

299 Open breakage points have been identified, 190 on the Shabelle River and 109 on the Juba River which require immediate action. Additionally, 97 Canal Overflow points and 747 Overflows were also identified during this season.

Users are advised that the methodology is biased towards Remote Sensing (RS) interpretation with only limited “ground truthing” due to access constraints. Open breakages might have been omitted in some cases where satellite images may not have been very clear (e.g. heavy cloud cover) or were not available.

Publication Date

March 11, 2024, 8:56 a.m.

Type

Vector Data

Keywords

Pre_GU_2024_FRMMIS_March_2024 , august , breakages , hirshabelle , juba , river , somalia

Regions

Somalia

Owner

admin

Group

Water Resources

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Maintenance Frequency

Data Is Repeatedly And Frequently Updated

Language

English

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