Flood in Sicily, Italy (2018-11-04)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2018-11-04 19:52:00
Event time (UTC): 2018-11-02 00:00:00
Event type: Flood (Flash flood)

Activation reason:
From the 2nd of November 2018, intense weather events with heavy rain occurred in the Sicily region in particular over the Central-West

part of the region. The meteorological event was characterized by severe thunderstorms with a maximum intensity registered in the provinces of Agrigento, Palermo and Trapani. The highest cumulated precipitation has been recorded by the rain gauge of Ribera (AG) with 210 mm of rain recorded in 48 hours.

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Delineation products: 18
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) (2018): Flood in Sicily, Italy (2018-11-04). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/3fd33c81-8421-40f0-89d8-9c47dcf5c9e6

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Emergency Emergency Management EMSR333 Flood ITA Italy Mapping Rapid Mapping Copernicus Service

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR333]: Flood in Sicily, Italy (2018-11-04)

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

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Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2021-04-19
Modified date: 2021-04-19
Issued date: 2018-11-04
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR333
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/3fd33c81-8421-40f0-89d8-9c47dcf5c9e6
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