DATASET

Flood in western Attika, Greece (2019-11-26)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2019-11-26 12:34:00
Event time (UTC): 2019-11-25 03:00:00
Event type: Flood (Flash flood)

Activation reason:
Heavy rainfall occurred early Monday (25/11/2019) in western Attika region causing the torrent named Pikka to flash flood. This flooding has affected the coastal town of Kineta damaging hundreds of houses. The Fire Department received dozens of calls during the night rescuing many people trapped in houses and vehicles. Traffic was halted on the Suburban Railway line and in the highway from Korinthos to Athens because of debris flows.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 0
Grading products: 2

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) (2019): Flood in western Attika, Greece (2019-11-26). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/3fde0d6f-cf99-4ebf-8fb7-b931abde0d82

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR413 Flood GRC Greece Mapping Rapid Mapping Copernicus EMS

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR413]: Flood in western Attika, Greece (2019-11-26)
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

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WKT
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WKT
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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
2019-11-26
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR413 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/3fde0d6f-cf99-4ebf-8fb7-b931abde0d82
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