ReliefWeb » CONSON » Storm batters Vietnam, thousands evacuated. 18 Jul 2010 02:54:49 GMT Source: Reuters (Updates death toll) By Ho Binh Minh HANOI, July 18 (Reuters) - Vietnamese troops evacuated thousands of people from their homes in the north of the country on Sunday due to threats of flash flooding and landslides, as the death toll from Typhoon Conson rose to more than 70.
Typhoon Conson was downgraded to a tropical storm as it hit northern Vietnam late on Saturday after battering the Philippines and the southern Chinese island of Hainan over the past week. State-run Voice of Vietnam radio said the army had sent 3,500 soldiers to help evacuate people in coastal provinces, and others were being moved from dangerous areas in four mountainous provinces due to the threat of flooding. The region lies far from Vietnam's Mekong Delta food basket in the south, which supplies 90 percent of rice for exports. The government said a person had drowned while swimming in the northern province of Thanh Hoa and 11 people, including the six fishermen, were missing. Economic loss from Chile quake may hit $30B: EQECAT. Economic damages from Saturday's massive earthquake in Chile are likely to be in the range of $15 billion to $30 billion, according to EQECAT Inc. In a note to clients, the Oakland, Calif. -based catastrophe modeling company said that the magnitude 8.8 earthquake caused “significant” ground motions that affected much of central Chile, including the state of Santiago, where damages are expected to represent more than half of total damages from the event.
EQECAT, which did not estimate insured damages, noted that its economic damage estimate equates to about 10% to 15% of Chile's real gross domestic product. The modeling company also noted that “widespread adoption and enforcement of modern, seismic-resistant building practices (in Chile) has mitigated the potential for devastation.” Haitian PM: More Than 200,000 Dead From Quake. Accessing Coverage Through Microinsurance » Insurance Industry Blog.
Google Earth Library " Haiti Earthquake Maps and Data. On Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 4:53 PM, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck near Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. Relief agencies and scientific agencies from all over the world have been compiling maps and other data to aid in relief efforts. Over the last several days I’ve been trying to help compile maps and other GIS data into KML format for Google Earth. I will try to continue to update this web page as more maps and data become available. If you are simply looking to view maps and other data related to Haiti and the Earthquake, then you should use the Google Earth link below (download and install Google Earth first). A detailed list of all the layers is included below. If you are a GIS professional or relief worker, then you might find some additional useful information below, including offline version of the Google Earth KML files, GeoTIFFs of the source maps, and SHP files of the vector data.
Satellite Imagery 1/12/2010 Earthquake Event Maps/Data General Haiti Maps General Seismic Maps.