Flooding and landslides in Campania, Italy (2015-10-16)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2015-10-16 01:15:00
Event time (UTC): 2015-10-14 07:00:00
Event type: Flood

Activation reason:
The heavy rainfall began early on Wendesday, 14th October involving in particular the basin of Calore river in Campania Region. The intense rains immediately caused severe floods and landslides in the provinces of Benevento and Caserta. A lot of people have been involved and several damages occurred in particular to the transportation network. In the next hours the flood wave of Volturno river is expected, involving probably Capua village and the others villages along the river.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 5
Grading products: 3

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Contact

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

Contributors

European Commission, Joint Research Centre

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How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2015): Flooding and landslides in Campania, Italy (2015-10-16). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/2d50fea1-8724-4558-b473-23e541aed517

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus EMS Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus Service Emergency EMSR141 Emergency Management Flood ITA Mapping Italy Rapid Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR141]: Flooding and landslides in Campania, Italy (2015-10-16)

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 ((13.9041583042 41.2872034015, 14.8377329553 41.2872034015, 14.8377329553 40.9811082983, 13.9041583042 40.9811082983, 13.9041583042 41.2872034015))

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: 2015-10-16
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR141
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/2d50fea1-8724-4558-b473-23e541aed517
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