~10,000 ~10,000 deseased deseased ~$8 Bill ~$8 Billiion on in damages in damages Hurricane Mitch Hurricane Mitch Hurricane Pathway USGS PROGRAM MAIN COMPONENTS •Hydrological Monitoring (Automatic Stations). •Data Integration Network (CIGEOClearinghouse). •National Geographic Information Systems. •Municipal Geographic Information Systems. •Threat and Risk Maps. •Study of the Biological Component (Mangroves and coral reefs). MONITORING ACTIVE STATIONS IN CENTRAL AMERICA 4 en Guatemala 6 en El Salvador 15 en Honduras 5 en Nicaragua MONITORING Level gauge Rain gauge Choluteca Tegucigalpa Río Choluteca DATA FLOW AT THE CHOLUTECA RIVER , HONDURAS MONITORING ILLUSTRATION OF ACTIVE STATIONS Río Coyolate, Guatemala Río Lempa, El Salvador Río Siquia, Nicaragua Río Choluteca, Honduras MONITORING DATA FLOW www.pr.water.usgs.gov USGS Satellite Dish in Puerto Rico Local Terminal Users Server ata Base ata Base Rain Gauge Station Satellite Demoduladores Reserve Dish located in the Wallops Islands inVirginia EE.UU. D MONITORING Maximum values at approx. 1:00 PM and 6:00 am On May 15 and16, respectively. ILLUSTRATION OF STATION GRAPHS (River Level) MONITORING Flooded areas in Choluteca, Honduras September-October 1999 Real Time Intrenet Data Used by the Mayor of Choluteca In September, 1999 Internet graphs Critical river levels DATA NETWORK UNITEC UNITEC DATA INTEGRATION NETWORK DATA NETWORK Inventories User Access: FTP Map servers OGDI Traditional Clearinghouse IGN CIGEO EROS CIGEO Geolibrary IGN EROS Data Transfer Metadatos DATA INTEGRATION NETWORK DATA NETWORK TECHNICAL TRAINING AND SUPPORT MUNICIPAL GI S LOCATION OF MUNICIPALITIES 10 in Guatemala >30 in Honduras 15 in Nicaragua Río Lempa 4 in El Salvador 2 in Guatemala 2 in Honduras MUNICIPAL GIS ORTOFOTOMAPAS TYPES OF INFORMATION SIG MUNICIPALES Raster aster Maps Maps 1:250,000 1:250,000 Air Picture Vector Maps Vector Maps 1:50,000 1:50,000 Raster Maps Raster Maps 1:50,000 1:50,000 TYPES OF INFORMATION MUNICIPAL GIS Infraestructura Crítica para el Manejo de Emergencias Determinación de Zonas Inundables Tegucigalpa, Honduras Zonas de Amenaza por Lahares San Salvador, El Salvador Susceptibilidad a Deslizamientos Cuenca del Polochic, Guatemala Diseño Tubería de Agua Potable Zacapa, Guatemala Municipal layout Los Amates, Izabal PRELIMINARY OUTCOMES <*> Presentación PowerPoint Centro de Coordinación para la Prevención de los Desastres Naturales en América Central (CEPREDENAC). Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres (CONRED). Comando Sur. Presentado en: II Seminario Regional Centroamericano sobre Preparación de Desastres. U.S. USGS. Science for a changing world. USGS Program. Guatemala, Noviembre 2001. xgestiónx xgestionx xlocalx xriesgox <*>