DATASET

Flood in Bavaria, Germany (2018-09-05)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2018-09-05 19:30:00
Event time (UTC): 2018-09-02 06:59:00
Event type: Flood (Flash flood)

Activation reason:
After extensive and heavy raining the town of Tegernbach, municipally of Rudelzhausen, federal state of Bavaria, most of the buildings were hit by flash flooding. No loss of life was reported but many streets, houses and establishments were flooded. Fire Service and volunteers had to intervene to rescue people.

Reference products: 1
Delineation products: 0
Grading products: 1

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

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2018): Flood in Bavaria, Germany (2018-09-05). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/3ef7f0e7-f5d7-487f-8852-67304688a54a

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service DEU Emergency Emergency Management EMSR308 Flood Copernicus Germany Rapid Mapping Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR308]: Flood in Bavaria, Germany (2018-09-05)
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

Type Value
GML
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GML
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WKT
POLYGON ((11.7860867143 48.586466493, 11.8082297444 48.586466493, 11.8082297444 48.5744454812, 11.7860867143 48.5744454812, 11.7860867143 48.586466493))

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
2018-09-05
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR308 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/3ef7f0e7-f5d7-487f-8852-67304688a54a
Popularity