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Floods in Suriname (2022-06-15)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2022-06-15 08:26:00
Event time (UTC): 2022-03-07 07:00:00
Event type: Flood (Riverine flood)

Activation reason:
On 25 May 2022, the President of Suriname declared a national emergency from flooding, impacting the districts of Brokopondo, Sipaliwini, Marowijne, Para, Saramacca, Coronie and Nickerie. After a short dry season between February and March 2022, steady and heavy rain showers fell between March and May. Further, it is predicted that the rains will continue until August, which we are monitoring with the local meteorology office and the Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology

Reference products: 4
Delineation products: 4
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) (2022): Floods in Suriname (2022-06-15). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/dcd6bd46-05c0-4fc7-b9d5-b0ceccb7c4a7

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR577 Flood Mapping Rapid Mapping SUR Suriname

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR577]: Floods in Suriname (2022-06-15)
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
2022-06-15
Modified date
2022-06-15
Issued date
2022-06-15
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR577 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/dcd6bd46-05c0-4fc7-b9d5-b0ceccb7c4a7
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