Flood in North Caribbean Region, Nicaragua (2020-08-24)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2020-08-24 19:00:00
Event time (UTC): 2020-08-10 10:00:00
Event type: Flood (Flash flood)

Activation reason:
From August 10th To 20 August consecutive tropical waves (No 26,28 and 29) produced floods in more than ten indigenous communities in the RACCN ( North Caribbean Region). Communities includes Wawa bum, Betania, Sangnilaya, Belen, Butku, Panua, Auhya Tara, Auhya Pihni, Tasba Pri, Kukalaya, El Pinol, Masmalaya, Akawas with more than 500 families potentially

affected.

Reference products: 9
Delineation products: 9
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) (2020): Flood in North Caribbean Region, Nicaragua (2020-08-24). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/7390a825-8bcf-4d33-9f22-7d17ea03689e

Keywords

Copernicus Service Emergency CEMS Rapid Mapping Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Emergency Management Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation EMSR456 Copernicus EMS Flood Mapping NIC Nicaragua

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR456]: Flood in North Caribbean Region, Nicaragua (2020-08-24)

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((-84.46684673394 14.770157640904,-83.300158096497 14.770157640904,-83.300158096497 13.765504090575,-84.46684673394 13.765504090575,-84.46684673394 14.770157640904))

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: 2020-08-24
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR456
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/7390a825-8bcf-4d33-9f22-7d17ea03689e
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