Floods in Sweden (2012-07-09)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2012-07-09 12:56:00
Event time (UTC): 2012-07-07 22:00:00
Event type: Flood

Activation reason:
Heavy rains during 7-8 of July resulted in major problems, especially in the highlands of Jönköping län and Kalmar län. There is flooding in many places. The entire Highlands has been hit hard. Culmination expected to occur on Tuesday or Wednesday. Currently, there is extremely high flows in rivers and streams. Many buildings have been damaged in the Highlands. In some places it is still a lot of water on the roads. Several roads are still closed.

Reference products: 10
Delineation products: 23
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/jrc/en

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2012): Floods in Sweden (2012-07-09). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/5823dcea-4bb4-4fbd-84c8-b8eaaa4faba4

Keywords

Copernicus Copernicus Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service CEMS Emergency Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Emergency Management Copernicus EMS EMSR009 Flood Mapping Rapid Mapping SWE Sweden

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR009]: Floods in Sweden (2012-07-09)

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

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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: 2012-07-09
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR009
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/5823dcea-4bb4-4fbd-84c8-b8eaaa4faba4
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