New Tacloban Edifice Harm Mapped

The American Red Cross has mapped edifice harm inwards Tacloban, the majuscule of the Philippine say of Leyte. The map uses information gleaned from the get-go rapid harm assessment carried out shortly subsequently Typhoon Haiyan past times the Copernicus Emergency Management Service.

The Copernicus European Monetary System analysis was carried out past times comparison satellite imagery from earlier together with subsequently the typhoon. The American Red Cross map colors the city's edifice footprints past times the estimated harm suffered past times each building. The resulting map shows that hardly a edifice inwards the urban amount has been left undamaged past times the typhoon.

You tin read to a greater extent than most the edifice harm assessment procedure on the European Commission website together with you lot tin donate to the American Red Cross' appeal here.

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