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Disasters Charter lists Arnab flood maps after ISRO request

The activation remains open; public entries identify mapping products without documenting their use by emergency teams.

31 October 2026 at 10:06 am ISTBy Mission Desk1 min read

Context image: Cyclone Arnab offshore from India at 20:12 UTC on October 26, 2026, before landfall. This NOAA-20 VIIRS view is not a Charter flood map. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison, using NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview and Joint Polar Satellite System data. Original image, unchanged.

The International Charter Space and Major Disasters has listed four water-accumulation mapping products for Andhra Pradesh dated October 30, 2026, following an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) request after Cyclone Arnab. Its public record dates activation 1056 to October 29 at 7:48 a.m. Indian Standard Time and names ISRO as the requester.

One product covers Srikakulam and Vizianagaram together, two entries name Srikakulam, and another names Vizianagaram. The record identifies ISRO as both the requester and the organisation adding value to the satellite data. The public listing does not give the acquisition times of individual satellite scenes.

The cyclone reached the Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coast on October 28, NASA Earth Observatory’s account records. The nighttime scene NASA published was acquired before landfall, at 20:12 UTC on October 26.

The Charter listing documents a separate satellite-mapping response to the storm. Activation 1056 remains marked ongoing. The listing does not identify emergency teams that used the products or quantify any effect on rescue or relief operations.

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