World-leading provider of natural catastrophe solutions and insights, ICEYE, has said that through its partnership with New Light Technologies and Bana Solutions, its rapid flood extent and depth information have now supported the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s immediate response efforts for four major flood events.
ICEYE’s Flood data has now been delivered to FEMA for the July floods in Kentucky, coastal flooding in Alaska, Hurricane Fiona in Puerto Rico, and Hurricane Ian’s affected areas.
Andy Read, Global Head of Government Solutions at ICEYE, said, “Our unique ability to capture the impacts of flooding as the event is unfolding brings a new level of situational awareness to our government clients. We are proud of our collaboration with the Bana-NLT team and to see our flood data supporting FEMA’s immediate response and lifesaving activities.”
ICEYE affirmed that it owns the world’s largest synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellation and utilises multiple auxiliary information sources in providing near real-time flood extent and depth data for critical decision-making during storm events.
The firm adds that, unlike conventional Earth observation satellites, its small radar imaging satellites can form high-resolution images of areas of the Earth in daylight, at night, and even through cloud cover and rain.
Dr Ran Goldblatt Chief Scientist of New Light Technologies, commented, “ICEYE’s data significantly improves the ability to monitor weather events and their impacts on communities while serving as a key input to NLT’s disaster response models, revolutionising the speed and accuracy of the analytics we supply to our customers.”
New Light Technologies’ Program Manager, Robert Pitts, said that this data has proven to be invaluable to FEMA for their response during events such as Hurricane Ida and Hurricane Fiona.
Ricky Berrios, Bana Solutions’ CEO, added, “As a Puerto Rican it makes me proud to know that we are supporting a prioritised approach to FEMA’s response to these natural disasters such that the federal response is optimised.”
In September, ICEYE also launched a pilot scheme with If property & casualty Insurance to use its Flood Insights product.
