Flash Flood in Malaga, Spain (2018-10-21)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2018-10-21 14:34:00
Event time (UTC): 2018-10-21 13:00:00
Event type: Flood (Flash flood)

Activation reason:
SPAIN’S Costa del Sol and Malaga are being affected by torrential rains since Saturday, 20 October.

One person has died (one firefighter) after heavy rains triggered flash floods. The strength of the waters overturned cars, closed roads, damaged homes and forced hundreds of people to leave their properties.

Andalucia is placed under a dangerous red alert severe flooding. Thunderstorms and torrential rain have left Andalucian towns almost engulfed in water.

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Delineation products: 8
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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) (2018): Flash Flood in Malaga, Spain (2018-10-21). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/8cefb135-9c0b-4fff-8825-08fcfdb491f6

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency EMSR326 Emergency Management ESP Flood Mapping Spain Rapid Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR326]: Flash Flood in Malaga, Spain (2018-10-21)

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

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Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2021-04-19
Modified date: 2021-04-19
Issued date: 2018-10-21
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR326
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/8cefb135-9c0b-4fff-8825-08fcfdb491f6
Popularity: 19 Mar 2025: 1 visits