DATASET

Flood in Belgium (2021-07-14)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2021-07-14 14:00:00
Event time (UTC): 2021-07-14 20:00:00
Event type: Flood (Riverine flood)

Activation reason:
Heavy rain affected the Walloon Region in Belgium, where a severe flood event is expected in the Eastern parts over the next days. The National Crisis Center triggered the Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Service to monitor the flood evolution over the affected areas.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 4
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

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2021): Flood in Belgium (2021-07-14). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/9e14dca5-f923-4fa9-b0b7-b8482f9d97e1

Keywords

BEL Belgium CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR518 Flood Mapping Netherlands NLD Rapid Mapping Copernicus Emergency Management Service

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR518]: Flood in Belgium (2021-07-14)
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

Type Value
GML
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GML
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WKT
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GML
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GML
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WKT
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Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date
2021-08-04
Modified date
2021-08-04
Issued date
2021-07-14
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR518 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/9e14dca5-f923-4fa9-b0b7-b8482f9d97e1
Popularity
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