Description
Activation time (UTC): 2020-09-02 13:39:00
Event time (UTC): 2020-08-25 02:00:00
Event type: Flood (Flash flood)
Activation reason:
Afghanistan‘s National Disaster management Agency (ANDMA) reports flooding has affected Eastern provinces of the country after heavy rainfall since 25 August 2020. At least 35 people have died in the floods in Parwan, Kapisa, Panjshir, Wardak, Logar, Paktika, Paktia, Nuristan and Nangarhar provinces. Areas of Parwan district have been particularly affected after flash floods struck overnight, between 25 and 26 August. ANDMA reported at least 30 fatalities in the province, with 20 injured and 300 homes destroyed or severely damaged.
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Delineation products: 0
Grading products: 1
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
Contributors
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/joint-research-centre
How to cite
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2020): Flash flood in Afghanistan (2020-09-02). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/725ade39-1cd5-4199-bb1f-9335833ec6d3
Keywords
AFG Afghanistan CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Management EMSR459 Emergency Flood Mapping Rapid Mapping
Data access
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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|---|---|
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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
- 2020-09-02
- Landing page
- https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR459
- Language(s)
- English
- Data theme(s)
- Regions and cities, Science and technology
- Update frequency
- unknown
- Identifier
- http://data.europa.eu/89h/725ade39-1cd5-4199-bb1f-9335833ec6d3
- Popularity
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