Disasters Charter: Floods in Turkey

September 11, 2009 at 9:13 am | Posted in Space Law | Leave a comment

by P.J. Blount with the blog faculty

The Disasters Charter has been activated for floods in Turkey:

Floods in Turkey

Type of Event: Floods
Location of Event: Turkey
Date of Charter Activation: 10/09/2009
Charter Requestor: Ministry of Public Works and Settlement – General Directorate of Disaster Affairs, Turkey
Project Management: CNES

Description of the Event
Heavy rains over the Marmara Region affected the districts of Silivri, Catalca, B. Cekmece, K. Cekmece and Bakirkoy in Istanbul. By the afternoon of 9 September, 31 casualties were reported, along with missing people.

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