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DATASET

Flood in Greece (2023-09-05)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description

Due to extreme rainfall in Thessaly Region, extended floods occurred in Magnesia Regional Unit, mostly around the city of Volos and coastal areas of Pelion mountain peninsula. Extreme rainfall is ongoing and according to the forecast of the National Meteorological Service the rainfall will continue until tomorrow afternoon. One person is missing, and one died, and many cars were drifted away due to the flooding. Local Fire Service received many calls for help to pump water from flooded buildings and rescue people trapped by the rising waters. Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping is requested to provide initial rough estimation, flood extent and monitoring of the event for the emergency mapping.

Contact

Email
jrc-ems-rapidmapping (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

  • General secretariat for Civil protection - Directorate for Emergency Planning and Response

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2023): Flood in Greece (2023-09-05). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/722f9ee7-43fa-5bab-b17e-f6b021a52739

Keywords

Copernicus EMSR692 Flood Rapid Mapping Riverine flood

Data access

Event EMSR692 - mapping website
Use conditions
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International 
Access conditions
No limitations 
URL 

  • Area(s) of interest: Magnesia

Event EMSR692 - REST API endpoint
URL 

Geographic areas

Europe Greece

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Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date
2023-09-05
Modified date
2023-09-05
Issued date
2023-09-05
Data theme(s)
Environment, Regions and cities
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/722f9ee7-43fa-5bab-b17e-f6b021a52739
Popularity