Tropical Cyclone IDAI in Mozambique (2019-03-15)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2019-03-15 10:04:00
Event time (UTC): 2019-03-15 03:00:00
Event type: Storm (Tropical cyclone, hurricane, typhoon)

Activation reason:
Tropical Cyclone IDAI made landfall during the night of 14 March at 23.30 UTC close to Beira City in central Mozambique. On 15 March at 0.00 UTC, its centre was located approximately 25 km north-west of the centre of Beira, with maximum sustained winds up to 167 km/h.

Heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surge affected the coastal area of the Sofala region, in particular Beira.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 29
Grading products: 12

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/jrc/en

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2019): Tropical Cyclone IDAI in Mozambique (2019-03-15). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/4f8c752b-3440-4e61-a48d-4d1d9311abfa

Keywords

Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus EMS CEMS Copernicus Service Emergency Management Mozambique Mapping Rapid Mapping Storm MOZ EMSR348 Emergency

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR348]: Tropical Cyclone IDAI in Mozambique (2019-03-15)

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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GEO

POLYGON((32.742787015588 -17.738261689,37.073189665 -17.738261689,37.073189665 -19.903729139099,32.742787015588 -19.903729139099,32.742787015588 -17.738261689))

GEO

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Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2021-04-23
Modified date: 2021-04-19
Issued date: 2019-03-15
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR348
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/4f8c752b-3440-4e61-a48d-4d1d9311abfa
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