Organisation: European Commission, Joint Research Centre

Title: Floods in Vietnam (2020-10-15)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2020-10-15 10:16:00 Event time (UTC): 2020-10-12 17:00:00 Event type: Storm (Tropical cyclone, hurricane, typhoon)

Activation reason:
After a dramatic series of consecutive typhoons hitting the Vietnam central Coast these last weeks, a new storm is forecast to cause heavy rainfall in central Vietnam. Local weather forecasts predict a high chance for strong precipitation resulting in localized urban floods in Dong Hoi, Dong Ha, Hue, Hoi Han, Quang NGAI, in Central Vietnam, with a maximum water height on the 17/10/2020. The activation aims to detect the spatial extent of the flooding as currently no established in situ methods are available for this purpose.

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European Commission, Joint Research Centre (2020):  Floods in Vietnam (2020-10-15). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/8f5f35c8-0119-4d69-a95c-60486670c52a
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Issue date 2020-10-15
Landing page https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR472
Language English
Data theme(s) Regions and cities; Science and technology
EuroVoc domain(s) 72 GEOGRAPHY
Identifier http://data.europa.eu/89h/8f5f35c8-0119-4d69-a95c-60486670c52a
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18.1262845273° N, 108.908731275° E, 15.060214945° S, 105.723242114° W

Coordinate Reference System ETRS89 / LAEA Europe

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