DATASET

Hurricane Maria in Dominica (2017-09-22)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2017-09-22 20:23:00
Event time (UTC): 2017-09-19 01:15:00
Event type: Storm (Tropical cyclone, hurricane, typhoon)

Activation reason:
The Caribbean island of Dominica has been devastated by Hurricane Maria that ripped through Dominica as a category four storm late on Monday, damaging hundreds of homes. Maria has already obliterated parts of Dominica that was almost completely devastated. At least 15 people are dead and 20 others are missing after Hurricane pass. Homes have been flattened, schools have been destroyed, telecommunications have been cut off and the island's main hospital is still without electricity Thousands of trees had been snapped and were strewn across the landscape, leaving the island stripped of vegetation.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 0
Grading products: 8

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): Hurricane Maria in Dominica (2017-09-22). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/616edd17-0291-4a1b-9dd2-d3deb524f576

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Dominica DMA Emergency Mapping Emergency Management Rapid Mapping EMSR246 Storm

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR246]: Hurricane Maria in Dominica (2017-09-22)
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
POLYGON ((-61.4103537951 15.390601283, -61.2391258908 15.390601283, -61.2391258908 15.2898663533, -61.4103537951 15.2898663533, -61.4103537951 15.390601283))

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
2017-09-22
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR246 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/616edd17-0291-4a1b-9dd2-d3deb524f576
Popularity