Flood in Niger (2017-09-07)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2017-09-07 15:40:00
Event time (UTC): 2017-08-31 00:00:00
Event type: Flood (Riverine flood)

Activation reason:
Torrential rains have caused serious flooding in Niger at the end of August 2017. The authorities reported that hundreds of houses have been destroyed, key roads cut in several parts of the country and ordered thousands of people to leave their homes in the capital, Niamey.

Reference products: 4
Delineation products: 5
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) (2017): Flood in Niger (2017-09-07). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/d968bbdf-93bc-48ea-ac5d-8d048a318591

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency EMSR235 Flood Mapping NER Niger Rapid Mapping Emergency Management

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR235]: Flood in Niger (2017-09-07)

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 ((1.39924549701 14.247910159, 7.13403569317 14.247910159, 7.13403569317 13.0105046637, 1.39924549701 13.0105046637, 1.39924549701 14.247910159))

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: 2017-09-07
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR235
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/d968bbdf-93bc-48ea-ac5d-8d048a318591
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