Flood in Madagascar (2022-01-25)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2022-01-25 18:37:00
Event time (UTC): 2022-01-18 00:00:00
Event type: Flood (Flash flood)

Activation reason:
Intense rainfall caused by two different tropical weather systems which have impacted Madagascar over the last week has driven flooding, landslides, destruction of infrastructure and loss of life, particularly affecting the country's capital Antananarivo, and other areas of Analamanga Region, in the centre of the country. More than 62,000 people have been affected in 7 regions. At least 34 people have died almost all of them in the capital, where traditional houses collapsed, and others were swept away by landslides.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 4
Grading products: 4

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) (2022): Flood in Madagascar (2022-01-25). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/5158f06e-2095-431a-be96-c7a001808cbe

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Emergency Copernicus Service Emergency Management EMSR559 Flood Madagascar Mapping MDG Rapid Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR559]: Flood in Madagascar (2022-01-25)

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

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Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2022-05-20
Modified date: 2022-05-20
Issued date: 2022-01-25
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR559
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/5158f06e-2095-431a-be96-c7a001808cbe
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