DATASET

Floods in Malawi (2019-03-10)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2019-03-10 14:29:00
Event time (UTC): 2019-03-10 14:00:00
Event type: Storm (Tropical cyclone, hurricane, typhoon)

Activation reason:
Heavy rains and floods have affected most parts of the Southern Region of Malawi during the last days. As of 9 March, at least 13 districts have been impacted.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 7
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

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2019): Floods in Malawi (2019-03-10). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/73cffbc6-edb3-4a1f-ac00-9ec49d217359

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Emergency Emergency Management EMSR347 Malawi Mapping MWI Rapid Mapping Storm Copernicus Service

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR347]: Floods in Malawi (2019-03-10)
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

Type Value
GML
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GML
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WKT
POLYGON ((34.3532570546 -14.3457405126, 35.7472987729 -14.3457405126, 35.7472987729 -15.7991731209, 34.3532570546 -15.7991731209, 34.3532570546 -14.3457405126))

Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date
2021-04-19
Modified date
2021-04-19
Issued date
2019-03-10
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR347 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/73cffbc6-edb3-4a1f-ac00-9ec49d217359
Popularity