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  Northern Ghana: Floods, September 2007

  Severe flooding affects much of northern Ghana. Team deploys to Tamale to assess situation by road and air. Maps distributed in-country and to donors.

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  Jamaica: Hurricane Dean, August 2007

  Category 4 storm hits Jamaica on 20 August. Team deploys next day, producing vulnerability maps en route, taking part in rapid assessments and producing situation maps.

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  United Kingdom: Floods, July 2007

  Severe flooding affected large areas of western and southern England during July 2007. MapAction assisted with overview mapping for responding agencies.

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  Pakistan, Floods, July 2007

  Severe flooding affects about a million people in southwest Pakistan. MapAction team member deploys in support of the UN’s response.

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  Kenya, Floods, December 2006

  Extensive flooding threatens tens of thousands in Garissa county. MapAction produces situation mapping, helps coordinate relief and advises on governmental IT infrastructure.

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  Suriname: Floods, May 2006

  MapAction team deploys in response to severe flooding affecting communities along thousands of kilometres of river in the interior of the country.

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  Java, Indonesia: Earthquake and volcano, May 2006

  A 6.4 magnitude earthquake strikes Yogiakarta, Java, on 27 May. MapAction team deploys and produces evacuation plan to mitigate further threat of volcanic eruption.

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  East Africa: Seismic risk, March 2006

  Map produced for UNOCHA showing history of seismic activity in East Africa Rift Valley.

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  Pakistan: Earthquake, October 2005

  A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes area around Muzzaffarabad, Kashmir, on 8 October. MapAction sets up operations in Pakistan within hours, creating a mapping unit and supporting disaster...

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  Niger: Food security, August 2005

  Two MapAction volunteers are deployed to establish a GIS/mapping cell during a food crisis aggravated by severe drought and locust invasion.

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  Sri Lanka: Tsunami, December 2004

  MapAction's first disaster response is to Sri Lanka in December 2004, in response to the catastrophic Indian Ocean tsunami.

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  Lesotho: Food security, October 2003

  MapAction surveys and maps emergency food distribution infrastructure in southwest Lesotho ahead of crop failures that result in chronic food insecurity.

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