Flood in Emilia Romagna, Italy (2023-05-25)

Description

Activation date: 2023-05-25
Event type: Flood

Activation reason:

Emilia Romagna region, Italy, has been hit by a severe mereorological event that caused two severe flooding events within two weeks. In the second event on May the 16th the intense precipitations raised river levels in the southern-eastern area of Emilia-Romagna resulting in the overflowing of almost all the rivers in the area. The emergency has been declared at national level and all components of the Italian Civil Protection System have been activated. The CEMS Risk and Recovery Standard has been activated in order to get an estimation of the overall extension of the flooded areas through P04: Flood delineation and P06: Temporal analyses of occurred flood events and P13: Ready to print maps and map books for field campaigns.

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) (2023): Flood in Emilia Romagna, Italy (2023-05-25). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/25303fdf-85b3-4658-9268-3ffbe00b2871

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Risk and Recovery Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Management Emergency EMSN154 Flood ITA Italy Mapping Risk and Recovery Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Risk and Recovery Mapping Activation [EMSN154]: Flood in Emilia Romagna, Italy (2023-05-25)

Use conditions: European Commission reuse notice
Access conditions: No limitations

URL

Maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Risk and Recovery Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant geodatabase (GDB) and complete final report as well.

Spatial coverage

GML

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GML

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WKT

POLYGON ((-180 90, 180 90, 180 -90, -180 -90, -180 90))

Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2023-05-24
Modified date: 2023-05-24
Issued date: 2023-05-25
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSN154
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/25303fdf-85b3-4658-9268-3ffbe00b2871
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