Flood in Mozambique (2019-03-09)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2019-03-09 17:00:00
Event time (UTC): 2019-03-09 15:00:00
Event type: Storm (Extra-tropical storm)

Activation reason:
The whole coastal area of Mozambique has been affected by recent heavy rains and floods.

Urban areas, particularly the cities of Beira and Quelimane, have been significantly affected. The situation on the ground is reported to be very critical. Furthermore, the Tropical Storm Eighteen, forecasted for the 13th of March, is about to strike the same cities.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 4
Grading products: 0

Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Mapping is a service funded by European Commission aimed at providing actors in the management of natural and man-made disasters, in particular Civil Protection Authorities and Humanitarian Aid actors, with mapping products based on satellite imagery.

Contact

Email: jrc-ems-rapidmapping (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

European Commission, Joint Research Centre

https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/joint-research-centre

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2019): Flood in Mozambique (2019-03-09). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/0da3935d-2f68-4f2b-aaca-3a32d8ae66c4

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR346 Mapping MOZ Mozambique Rapid Mapping Storm

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR346]: Flood in Mozambique (2019-03-09)

Use conditions: European Commission reuse notice
Access conditions: No limitations

URL

All maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant vector data (SHP, KML) as well.

Spatial coverage

GML

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GML

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WKT

POLYGON ((34.2427911097 -15.4412041349, 38.2400198738 -15.4412041349, 38.2400198738 -19.8612707142, 34.2427911097 -19.8612707142, 34.2427911097 -15.4412041349))

Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2021-04-19
Modified date: 2021-04-19
Issued date: 2019-03-09
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR346
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/0da3935d-2f68-4f2b-aaca-3a32d8ae66c4
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