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Map provides a geographic picture of which organisations, their location and the sectors that they are addressing are engaged in the humanitarina response to the flooding in the Comoros.

Land cover on Grande Comore. Showing affected villages. The data shown on this map were not created for the purposes of disaster response, and therefore should only be used as an indication of approximate locations and types of land cover. For more information on the data see Hawlitschek O, Brückmann B, Berger J, Green K, Glaw F (2011) Integrating field surveys and remote sensing data to study distribution, habitat use and conservation status of the herpetofauna of the Comoro Islands. ZooKeys 144: 21-79 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.144.1648

Land cover on Moheli. Showing affected villages. The data shown on this map were not created for the purposes of disaster response, and therefore should only be used as an indication of approximate locations and types of land cover. For more information on the data see Hawlitschek O, Brückmann B, Berger J, Green K, Glaw F (2011) Integrating field surveys and remote sensing data to study distribution, habitat use and conservation status of the herpetofauna of the Comoro Islands. ZooKeys 144: 21-79 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.144.1648

Land cover on Anjouan. Showing affected villages. The data shown on this map were not created for the purposes of disaster response, and therefore should only be used as an indication of approximate locations and types of land cover. For more information on the data see Hawlitschek O, Brückmann B, Berger J, Green K, Glaw F (2011) Integrating field surveys and remote sensing data to study distribution, habitat use and conservation status of the herpetofauna of the Comoro Islands.

Map showing assessed villages with problems reported to the UNDAC assessment team.

MORONI, 30 April – Torrential rain has been battering the Comoros Islands in the Indian Ocean since 20 April, causing heavy flooding and landslides. A State of Emergency has been called.

MapAction has deployed a team of two volunteers to map the needs of over 46,000 people affected. Reports indicate that more than 11,000 people have “lost everything” and at least 9,200 are without shelter.