Flood in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2023-05-17)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2023-05-17 09:43:00
Event time (UTC): 2023-05-17 09:00:00
Event type: Flood (Riverine flood)

Activation reason:
Heavy rain affecting Bosnia and Herzegovina caused flooding in the northern part of the country. A state of emergency has been declared in several cities and municipalities. In several communities around Sana and Una rivers, buildings and houses have been flooded. Landslides have been triggered by the floods. Due to water overflows, the traffic on several road communications has been interrupted. Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping is requested to provide flood extent and damage assessment emergency mapping.

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Delineation products: 0
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

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 Bosnia and Herzegovina (2023-05-17). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/c3cf9504-f45d-4dc2-a4df-4c3dcdf00550

Keywords

BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR665 Flood Mapping Rapid Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR665]: Flood in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2023-05-17)

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: 2023-05-17
Modified date: 2023-05-17
Issued date: 2023-05-17
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR665
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/c3cf9504-f45d-4dc2-a4df-4c3dcdf00550
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