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1 5 th Joint Project Team Meeting for Sentinel Asia STEP 3 (JPTM 2018) Disaster Prevention and Management Taiwan Experience TZU-YIN CHANG National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR)

2 Disaster Risks in Taiwan Source: Taiwan: Natural Hazard Risks OCHA Regional Office for Asia Pacific,

3 The risks we need to face every year Several Natural disasters in Taiwan Earthquake Drought Landslide Typhoon Flood Debris flow 3

4 Typhoon Soudelor in August 2015 Intensive rainfall caused serious damage in Wulai Typhoon/ Rainfall hr (mm) 3 hrs (mm) 6 hrs (mm) 12 hrs (mm) accumulate (mm) tubidity (NTU) 2015 蘇迪勒 蘇拉 薔蜜 辛樂克 ( 南勢溪 ) Rainfall distribution of Soudelor Typhoon 4

5 Super Typhoon Nepartak in July, 2016 Strong wind ( Km/hr) hit Taitung Agricultural damage: 700million(NTD) 5

6 Kaohsiung Earthquake in February 2016 A 6.4-magnitude earthquake caused great casualties (117 died and 546 wounded) 建照 : 無照 建照 : 建 1971 建照 : 建 建照 : 無照 建照 : 建 2348 建照 : 建 2348 建照 : 建 8259 建照 : 建

7 Extreme heat wave in 2016 The number of days of extreme high temperature ( 35 ) in 2016 is 74 days (Ave. 20 days in 121 years record, 1 st June ) Number of Days (Tmax 35 ), Taipei days

8 DISASTER RESPONSE IN TAIWAN CENTRAL EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER 8

9 How NCDR applies science and technology for disaster risk reduction and management Ministry of Sceince and Technology Propose topics 100 full-time staff Natural science Social science Engineering Emergency management Business management NCDR Since 2003 Supervise Provide operation funds Major services S&T transfer S&T innovation Knowledge base Data base International collaboration Major products Applied and inter-disciplinary research Policy of DRR for central and local government Information integration Emergency operation (not search and rescue) Identification of urgent needs and long-term demands Integration of potential risk maps Partners and key stakeholders Public sector Central Government Ministries and agencies Local Government Municipalities and townships Private sector Universities, research institutes NGOs, NPOs Communities International outreach IRDR, ICoE Taipei ADRC, NIED, DPRI (JP) PDC (US) ADPC (TH) NDMI (KR) APEC EPWG IRPI (CNR) 9

10 Integrated information Weather Info Warnings of hydro-hazards Water Resources Agency Flood Warning Flood simulation & forecast Satellite Construction and Planning Agency Sewer early warning N C D R Observation Numerical Radar Warnings of geo-hazards Soil and Water Conservation Bureau Debris flow red warning Integrated Early Warning Info Disaster Risk Analysis Disaster Info Sharing Directorate General of Highways Road closure warning 10

11 Value-added information Weather Forecasting Potential path Combine more than 20 units, 120 maps (Big Data) Flood Warning Simulation Geo Debris flow warning Slope land warning Road closure Value-added Provide early warning information Typhoon Suli, 2013 Apply Provide situation assessment system 11

12 Three principles to integrate information for typhoon emergency operation Estimate potential risk of landslide 2014, 07/23 06:00 am Time Scenario-based description for deployment and response in advance Location Risk level: High Geo-spatial information Cross-cutting information exchange to monitor evolving situations Graph and table plus GIS to show spatial and timedependent factors

13 A CASE: Flood Warning Estimated floods in 24hrs based on forecast issued by CBW Major flooded areas Jiaoxi Toucheng Warning Latest 24hr (200mm/24hr) Yilan County: Warning areas Toucheng Jiaoxi Zhuangwei Yuanshan Yilan City Wujie Sanxin Luodong Dongshan Suao Yuanshan Yilan City Wujie Sanxin Luodong Flood Depth Dongshan Suao m m m > 3.0 m Yilan County Disclosed info: time, locations and scientific scenario

14 Emergency Remote Sensing Group Coordinating Remote Sensing Image Acquisition Satellites Airplanes UAVs Helicopters 14

15 Coordinating via Video Conference

16 Image Acquisition

17 Inundation in Yilan County 2012/08/03 17: /08/05 9:54 SPOT4

18 Typhoon Morakot caused Landslide in Siaolin 災後福衛二號影像(98/08/13) 災前福衛二號影像 聚落 土石崩坍 道路中斷

19 Estimation of Sediment Yields Before Disaster After Disaster Estimation of sediment yields 1,550,591 cubic meters covered Siaolin Village in Kaohsiung County. 19

20 Typhoon Morakot caused Landslide Dam Regional location: upstream Taimali Watershed Lake area: about 0.58 square kilometers Formosat-2 provided by NSPO Before Disaster After Disaster

21 Typhoon Morakot caused Landslide Dam Raw data from UAV 春日鄉堰塞湖 After disaster Mosaic image 21

22 Building Damage in Taiwan (Kaohsiung Earthquake) 資料提供 : 成功大學 災防中心

23 Soil liquefaction in Taiwan (Kaohsiung Earthquake) 資料提供 : 農航所 災防中心

24 Interferogram after 0206 Earthquake 資料提供 :JAXA 太空中心 測繪中心 災防中心

25 Kaohsiung Gas Explosions 影像來源 : 空勤總隊 國土測繪中心 25

26 Kaohsiung Gas Explosions

27 FORMOSAT-2 Archive Image THEOS Image Inundation in Hualien (Typhoon Nepartak ) Before Disaster After Disaster 豐田站 豐田站 積水

28 Building Damage in Taitung (Typhoon Nepartak ) Before Disaster After Disaster 台東大學 東海國中 台東大學 ( 校舍損毀 ) 東海國中 ( 校舍損毀 ) 民房損毀 FORMOSAT-2 Archive Image THEOS Image

29 Debris Flow in Taitung (Typhoon Meranti) THEOS Image from Sentinel Asia 本次颱風新增崩塌地, 初步估計崩塌面積 約 11.6 公頃, 含堆積區約為 19.6 公頃 2016/09/16 包含堆積區約 19.6 公頃 崩塌面積約 11.6 公頃

30 Debris flow in Taitung (Typhoon Meranti) THEOS Image from Sentinel Asia 2014 年前即存在之舊崩塌地再度崩落, 面積擴大, 初步估計面積含堆積區約 3.5 公頃 2016/09/16

31 To demonstrate all relevant data on one integrated system Common Operating Picture At central level, Information Intelligence Network on Disaster Management Offer demand-oriented and user-friendly interface Produces value-added information intelligence

32 Thanks for your listening

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