Floods in Aude, France (2018-10-15)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2018-10-15 13:32:00
Event time (UTC): 2018-10-15 04:00:00
Event type: Flood (Flash flood)

Activation reason:
Heavy rainfall is affecting the Herault and Aude Departments, France. This precipitation, equivalent to a number of month's rainfall, has led to flooding over the Aude, Herault and Orb rivers basins. Orange/red warnings have been issued by the national central forecasting centre. There are reported to be 11 people dead, 20 000 people affected and many evacuations. The town of Trebes is particularly badly hit.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 13
Grading products: 5

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/jrc/en

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2018): Floods in Aude, France (2018-10-15). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/a3c0fc88-0c8e-4810-b5e0-f20940970b7d

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Flood Emergency Emergency Management France EMSR324 FRA Rapid Mapping Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR324]: Floods in Aude, France (2018-10-15)

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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GEO

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GEO

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Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2021-04-23
Modified date: 2021-04-19
Issued date: 2018-10-15
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR324
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/a3c0fc88-0c8e-4810-b5e0-f20940970b7d
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