Title: Floods in Bangladesh (2014-08-22)
Activation time (UTC): 2014-08-22 12:43:00 Event time (UTC): 2014-08-10 00:00:00 Event type: Flood
Activation reason:
Starting from the 10th of August, 2014 the northern part of Bangladesh and upstream Indian States of Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal and Sikkim have been experiencing heavy rainfall for few days. As a result, districts in the Northwest along the Brahmaputra river have been experiencing low level flooding, causing a rising trend of the major river system and, consequently, some low-lying areas have been inundated.
Reference products: 5 Delineation products: 5 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.
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Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR097]: Floods in Bangladesh (2014-08-22)
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| Issue date | 2014-08-22 |
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| Landing page | https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR097 |
| Language | English |
| Data theme(s) | Regions and cities; Science and technology |
| EuroVoc domain(s) | 72 GEOGRAPHY |
| Identifier | http://data.europa.eu/89h/79aeb315-36c1-407f-8665-f22ca28425a7 |
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| Geographic bounding box | 25.7578012048° N, 90.0110888388° E, 23.7302111686° S, 89.396828564° W |
| Coordinate Reference System | ETRS89 / LAEA Europe |
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