Description
Activation time (UTC): 2018-02-12 16:02:00
Event time (UTC): 2018-02-12 12:00:00
Event type: Storm (Tropical cyclone, hurricane, typhoon)
Activation reason:
The island nation of Tonga has declared a state of emergency as it braces for the wrath of Tropical Cyclone Gita, which is bearing down on the island after causing widespread damage in neighbouring Samoa and American Samoa. The Tongan government declared a state of emergency to allow its 100,000 inhabitants to prepare for the category four storm. Gita is expected to intensify into a category five storm.
Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 6
Grading products: 8
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) (2018): Tropical Cyclone GITA in Tonga (2018-02-12). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/087620a4-895f-4933-b3ba-73944f252fa8
Keywords
CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR269 Mapping Rapid Mapping Storm TON Tonga
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
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WKT | POLYGON ((-175.364031616 -21.0594304231, -175.179456419 -21.0594304231, -175.179456419 -21.2055889006, -175.364031616 -21.2055889006, -175.364031616 -21.0594304231)) |
Lineage information
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Additional information
- Published by
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- Created date
- 2021-04-19
- Modified date
- 2021-04-19
- Issued date
- 2018-02-12
- Landing page
- https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR269
- Language(s)
- English
- Data theme(s)
- Regions and cities, Science and technology
- Update frequency
- unknown
- Identifier
- http://data.europa.eu/89h/087620a4-895f-4933-b3ba-73944f252fa8
- Popularity
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