Title: Flood in Thrace, Greece (2018-03-29)
Activation time (UTC): 2018-03-29 11:27:00 Event time (UTC): 2018-03-27 15:00:00 Event type: Flood (Riverine flood)
Activation reason:
Due to extensive rainfall and snow-melt of the last few days, and also due to large amounts of water that was released from dams in rivers Evros and Ardas, many areas of Evros Regional Unit have been flooded.
Extensive damages are reported in agricultural land, road and railway network.
Many embankments across Evros river, broke, causing further problems.
The Regional Unit of Evros has been declared in a state of emergency
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Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR277]: Flood in Thrace, Greece (2018-03-29)
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| Issue date | 2018-03-29 |
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| Landing page | https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR277 |
| Language | English |
| Data theme(s) | Regions and cities; Science and technology |
| EuroVoc domain(s) | 72 GEOGRAPHY |
| Identifier | http://data.europa.eu/89h/067f31bc-b32d-4495-95c4-99a4223d02fc |
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| Geographic bounding box | 41.8146458197° N, 26.8190368972° E, 40.7984165197° S, 26.0433002157° W |
| Coordinate Reference System | ETRS89 / LAEA Europe |
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