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Flood in Louisiana (2016-08-14)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2016-08-14 16:11:00
Event time (UTC): 2016-08-12 08:00:00
Event type: Flood

Activation reason:
On 12 August 2016, heavy rainfall started in Louisiana, sending area rivers toward historic crests and causing at least three fatalities and thousands of evacuated people. Many missing people have been also registered. The areas surrounding the cities of Batoun Rouge and Lafayette are the most affected. The rain is expected to continue for several days. More than 24 inches of rain had fallen in some locations across the region by the morning of August 13th, and the state of emergency for the entire state of Louisiana has been declared.

Reference products: 10
Delineation products: 37
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

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2016): Flood in Louisiana (2016-08-14). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/49e0a229-0b12-46a9-a2b9-5216019894ad

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR176 Flood Mapping Rapid Mapping United States USA

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR176]: Flood in Louisiana (2016-08-14)
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

Type Value
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WKT 
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WKT 
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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
2016-08-14
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR176 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/49e0a229-0b12-46a9-a2b9-5216019894ad
Popularity