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Flood in Uganda (2020-05-15)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2020-05-15 12:42:00
Event time (UTC): 2020-05-09 00:00:00
Event type: Flood (Riverine flood)

Activation reason:
Torrential rains have triggered devastating floods and landslides across East Africa in recent weeks, aggravating an already challenging situation as countries in the region battle the coronavirus pandemic. The destruction caused by the heavy rainfall has killed hundreds of people in Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, Rwanda, and Ethiopia and has also forced hundreds of thousands from their homes.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 14
Grading products: 0

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) (2020): Flood in Uganda (2020-05-15). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/76869cd5-6fe1-4d12-ad1a-80194234b5b2

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR438 Flood Rapid Mapping UGA Uganda Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR438]: Flood in Uganda (2020-05-15)
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

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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
2020-05-15
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR438 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/76869cd5-6fe1-4d12-ad1a-80194234b5b2
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