Flood in County Galway, Ireland (2020-09-02)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2020-09-02 13:45:00
Event time (UTC): 2020-09-02 07:00:00
Event type: Flood (Riverine flood)

Activation reason:
On 02.09.2020 the heavy rainfall overnight and in the morning caused severe flooding in Clifden and in part of County Galway. Fire services personnel are currently helping people in the area who have been stuck in the floods. Several people have had to be evacuated from their houses. The rainfall warning is currently set to last until 9 pm with plenty more rain expected.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 1
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/info/departments/joint-research-centre

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2020): Flood in County Galway, Ireland (2020-09-02). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/7564e76c-bdaf-4a84-9f07-c279ae54084f

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency EMSR460 Flood Ireland IRL Mapping Rapid Mapping Emergency Management

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR460]: Flood in County Galway, Ireland (2020-09-02)

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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GML

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WKT

POLYGON ((-10.07309 53.54806, -9.720154 53.54806, -9.720154 53.389471, -10.07309 53.389471, -10.07309 53.54806))

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: 2020-09-02
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR460
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/7564e76c-bdaf-4a84-9f07-c279ae54084f
Popularity: 03 Apr 2025: 1 visits