Tropical Depression Grace hits Haiti, already wounded by an earthquake

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 10 June 2021 at 15:36:19 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 14 August 2021 at 15:36:21 UTC
Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT acquired on 15 August 2021 from 14:29:46 to 14:32:46 UTC
Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT acquired on 16 August 2021 at 02:39:22 UTC
Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT acquired on 17 August 2021 from 14:39:06 to 15:21:23 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Emergency, natural disaster, hurricane, cyclone, earthquake, geohazard, Haiti, Gulf of Mexico
Fig. 1 - S2 (14.08.2021) - On 14 August 2021, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the Tiburon Peninsula in Haiti, killing at least 2207 people.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (14.08.2021) - The city of Les Cayes, Haiti's third largest, was the closest to the epicenter of the earthquake.
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Fig. 3 - S2 (16.08.2021) - Rescue efforts were hindered due to rain from Tropical Depression Grace on 16 August which produced up to 38 cm of rainfall in Haiti.
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Fig. 4 - S2 (17.08.2021) - It hampered rescue and recovery efforts in the affected area and threatened the affected area with the potential for mudslides.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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