Description
Activation time (UTC): 2019-09-01 08:12:00
Event time (UTC): 2019-09-01 18:00:00
Event type: Storm (Tropical cyclone, hurricane, typhoon)
Activation reason:
Tropical Cyclone Dorian is set to make landfall in the northern Bahamas with sustained winds of up to 240 km/h and a storm surge of over 5 metres. Local authorities are reporting that 73,000 residents and 21,000 homes could be affected in Grand Bahama, Abaco island and the surrounding cays. The ERCC has triggered this activation with the aim to provide first estimate products as well as grading maps over the affected areas.
Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 0
Grading products: 15
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
Contributors
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/joint-research-centre
How to cite
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2019): Tropical Cyclone Dorian in Bahamas (2019-09-01). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/03626f96-13bd-4c2a-aab6-54b8a431e68b
Keywords
Bahamas BHS CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR385 Mapping Rapid Mapping Storm
Data access
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
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
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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
- 2019-09-01
- Landing page
- https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR385
- Language(s)
- English
- Data theme(s)
- Regions and cities, Science and technology
- Update frequency
- unknown
- Identifier
- http://data.europa.eu/89h/03626f96-13bd-4c2a-aab6-54b8a431e68b
- Popularity
-