DATASET

Floods in Peru (2017-03-22)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2017-03-22 10:08:00
Event time (UTC): 2017-03-22 10:00:00
Event type: Flood

Activation reason:
Since mid-March 2017 heavy rains have affected nearly all of Peru leading to catastrophic flooding and landslides. Tens of people have lost their lives and tens of thousands are homeless. There has been significant damage to infrastructure, with many bridges down, and homes. States of Emergency have been declared in many regions due to the worst flooding in many years.

Reference products: 11
Delineation products: 19
Grading products: 15

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

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2017): Floods in Peru (2017-03-22). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/1db5000a-d1e7-45aa-9872-8948766bba3b

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency EMSR199 Flood Mapping Emergency Management PER Copernicus Emergency Management Service Peru Rapid Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR199]: Floods in Peru (2017-03-22)
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

Type Value
GML
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GML
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WKT
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GML
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GML
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WKT
POLYGON ((-80.8892905451 -3.66103676906, -73.1582073119 -3.66103676906, -73.1582073119 -12.1048778689999, -80.8892905451 -12.1048778689999, -80.8892905451 -3.66103676906))

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
2017-03-22
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR199 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/1db5000a-d1e7-45aa-9872-8948766bba3b
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