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Flood in Clare, Ireland (2020-02-24)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2020-02-24 18:56:00
Event time (UTC): 2020-02-20 17:00:00
Event type: Flood (Flash flood)

Activation reason:
The Clare county was one of the worst affected areas during the flooding periods in 2015 and 2009. Since 20 February Ireland has been experiencing a series of Atlantic storms. Water levels along the River Shannon and River Fergus have risen after another night of heavy rain on 24 February. National authorities have issued a flood warning for the counties along the River Shannon and Rivers Fergus and Claureen. A

number of houses in Co Clare village have been evacuated. A yellow snow and ice warning has been issued for the next days (until 26 February)

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 14
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) (2020): Flood in Clare, Ireland (2020-02-24). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/aa24ba4d-87df-41a5-8a73-97309f7c6d9d

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR429 Flood Ireland IRL Mapping Rapid Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR429]: Flood in Clare, Ireland (2020-02-24)
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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WKT 
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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
2021-04-19
Modified date
2021-04-19
Issued date
2020-02-24
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR429 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/aa24ba4d-87df-41a5-8a73-97309f7c6d9d
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