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Flood in Kosovo (2023-01-27)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2023-01-27 16:54:00
Event time (UTC): 2023-01-19 19:00:00
Event type: Flood (Riverine flood)

Activation reason:
Floods occurred on 19th and 20th of January 2023 in northern, eastern and western Kosovo*. The situation has calmed down, but the damages caused by the floods and their consequences remain. The Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Rapid Mapping has been activated in order to estimate the flood impact on agriculture and urban areas for emergency support. * This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

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

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) (2023): Flood in Kosovo (2023-01-27). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/2d90d2ec-0aeb-4b5b-ab43-8e46631bca9d

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR646 Flood Rapid Mapping XXK Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR646]: Flood in Kosovo (2023-01-27)
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

Type Value
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WKT 
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WKT 
POLYGON ((20.260746315546541 42.938873146017, 20.899884169628031 42.938873146017, 20.899884169628031 42.563770216816671, 20.260746315546541 42.563770216816671, 20.260746315546541 42.938873146017))

Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date
2023-02-19
Modified date
2023-02-19
Issued date
2023-01-27
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR646 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/2d90d2ec-0aeb-4b5b-ab43-8e46631bca9d
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