Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (2017-09-19)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2017-09-19 18:07:00
Event time (UTC): 2017-09-19 00:00:00
Event type: Storm (Tropical cyclone, hurricane, typhoon)

Activation reason:
Maria is the sixth hurricane to have formed in the Atlantic Basin this season. Rainfall on many of the islands on Maria’s path could cause life-threatening flash floods and mudslides. In the Dominican Republic, the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) has convened in advance of Hurricane Maria and has already placed 20 provinces on alert for hurricane conditions. Authorities are evaluating priority evacuation zones.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 11
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

European Commission, Joint Research Centre

https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/joint-research-centre

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2017): Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (2017-09-19). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/28525c65-4884-4b68-b88c-b94793dbbd88

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR243 Mapping PRI Rapid Mapping Storm US Virgin Islands VIR Puerto Rico

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR243]: Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (2017-09-19)

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

GML

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GML

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WKT

POLYGON ((-66.847390729 18.5863143244, -64.5568053835 18.5863143244, -64.5568053835 17.5766274253, -66.847390729 17.5766274253, -66.847390729 18.5863143244))

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: 2017-09-19
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR243
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/28525c65-4884-4b68-b88c-b94793dbbd88
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