Russian Earth remote sensing satellites continue to monitor emergencies on Earth. In the period from 4 to 11 March 2021, data in the amount of more than 932 thousand square kilometers were transferred to the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of the Consequences of Natural Disasters, and about 112 thousand square kilometers to the International Charter for Space and Major Disasters .
During this week, the following emergencies were monitored at the request of the Russian Emergencies Ministry:
- Ice crossings in several regions of the Russian Federation;
- karst sinkholes in the Chelyabinsk Region, Perm Territory and Nizhny Novgorod Region;
- flooding in the Vologda Region, NAO, Altai Territory;
- an oil spill in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug;
- flooding in the Lipetsk region;
- the threat of flooding in the Republic of Dagestan, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic and the Stavropol Territory;
- consequences derailment of a train in the Khabarovsk Territory;
- the threat of flooding in the Krasnoyarsk Territory;
- the consequences of a gas pipeline break in the Khabarovsk Autonomous Okrug;
- the consequences of an oil pipeline break in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
Within the framework of the activities of the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters, the monitoring of the consequences of the hurricane in the Republic of the Philippines was carried out. Based on media reports on natural and man-made disasters around the world, satellite imagery of volcanic eruptions in Indonesia and Guatemala was planned.
Roscosmos State Corporation maintains operational cooperation with the Russian Emergencies Ministry for timely response to flood and fire hazard situations and for space monitoring of the affected areas.