Hurricane Irma in Haiti and Dominican Republic (2017-09-06)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2017-09-06 08:04:00
Event time (UTC): 2017-09-06 02:00:00
Event type: Storm (Tropical cyclone, hurricane, typhoon)

Activation reason:
Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 storm, has made its first landfall on the islands of the north-east Caribbean on 6 September. It is significantly strengthening becoming the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic and following a path predicted to hit Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba. Over the next five days, heavy rain, very strong winds and storm surge could affect all of these areas.

Reference products: 15
Delineation products: 7
Grading products: 3

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) (2017): Hurricane Irma in Haiti and Dominican Republic (2017-09-06). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/82b92888-a815-4d16-9178-2e4136c88adc

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service DOM Dominican Republic Emergency Emergency Management EMSR233 Haiti HTI Mapping Rapid Mapping Storm

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR233]: Hurricane Irma in Haiti and Dominican Republic (2017-09-06)

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 ((-73.4930203979 19.9860577388, -68.5694073727 19.9860577388, -68.5694073727 18.4749546174, -73.4930203979 18.4749546174, -73.4930203979 19.9860577388))

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: 2017-09-06
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR233
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/82b92888-a815-4d16-9178-2e4136c88adc
Popularity: 09 Apr 2025: 1 visits