Flood in Norway (2023-05-22)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2023-05-22 15:43:00
Event time (UTC): 2023-05-22 17:00:00
Event type: Flood (Riverine flood)

Activation reason:
On the 22 May 2023, there is an ongoing spring flood in several parts of Norway due to snow melt from winter with an high amount of snowfall. Some rivers in southeast of Norway and some places in northern Norway (Finnmark) have high discharge and rain is forecasted in in some places. Some rivers will probably peak very soon, today or tomorrow, while other rivers probably will peak in 2 to 3 days, depending on temperature and rainfall.

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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) (2023): Flood in Norway (2023-05-22). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/637c3de9-3f06-441b-8ba6-9be88857b0f0

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR668 Flood Mapping NOR Copernicus Norway Rapid Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR668]: Flood in Norway (2023-05-22)

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 ((-180 90, 180 90, 180 -90, -180 -90, -180 90))

Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2023-05-22
Modified date: 2023-05-22
Issued date: 2023-05-22
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR668
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/637c3de9-3f06-441b-8ba6-9be88857b0f0
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