Flood in Skopje (2016-08-08)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2016-08-08 11:44:00
Event time (UTC): 2016-08-07 18:00:00
Event type: Flood

Activation reason:
On 6 August 2016, the city of Skopje has been affected by heavy rain, lightening and strong winds. Large parts of the city have been flooded, particularly in the northern suburbs. The most affected areas are the villages of Stajkovci and Haracinovo, as well as Skopje's suburbs of Butel, Cento and upper Lisice. The water level reached 1.5 meters, with houses and streets under water. More than 1.000 people are evacuated and 22 victims have been confirmed by governmental authorities.

Reference products: 8
Delineation products: 2
Grading products: 7

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) (2016): Flood in Skopje (2016-08-08). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/6d6f0dab-61d3-40d3-8ca5-bf0ca9b8fde9

Keywords

Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service CEMS Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR174 Flood Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Mapping MKD Rapid Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR174]: Flood in Skopje (2016-08-08)

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: 2016-08-08
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR174
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/6d6f0dab-61d3-40d3-8ca5-bf0ca9b8fde9
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