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Flood in Sicily, Italy (2023-02-09)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2023-02-09 02:33:00
Event time (UTC): 2023-02-09 12:00:00
Event type: Flood (Riverine flood)

Activation reason:
An area of low pressure coming from North Africa will bring, from tomorrow, widespread and persistent rainfall with very strong winds over Sicily, especially in the south-eastern areas. Heavy rains are expected that could cause rivers to rise and flood especially over the cities of Catania, Syracuse, and Ragusa. The national warning system has issued a red alert over this area. The event is expected to peak on February 09 afternoon and last until Friday February 10 afternoon

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 4
Grading products: 4

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) (2023): Flood in Sicily, Italy (2023-02-09). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/b3a851ad-c547-4d44-bce1-d48a6cb13263

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus Copernicus EMS Emergency Management Copernicus Service EMSR649 Flood ITA Mapping Emergency Italy Rapid Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR649]: Flood in Sicily, Italy (2023-02-09)
Use conditions
European Commission reuse notice 
Access conditions
No limitations 
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  • 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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Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date
2023-02-19
Modified date
2023-02-19
Issued date
2023-02-09
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR649 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/b3a851ad-c547-4d44-bce1-d48a6cb13263
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