Floods in Finland (2018-05-15)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2018-05-15 13:05:00
Event time (UTC): 2018-05-17 06:00:00
Event type: Flood (Ice jam flood)

Activation reason:
Extensive spring flooding is expected in the Finnish Lapland due to the snow melt made worse by the warm temperatures and the intermittent rains. The floods are estimated to reach the maximum in the coming days and flooded rivers could affect residential areas in Tornio

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 13
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

European Commission, Joint Research Centre

https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/joint-research-centre

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2018): Floods in Finland (2018-05-15). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/b296db89-71e2-4c0e-9a14-0595a27325ee

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR284 FIN Finland Mapping Rapid Mapping SWE Sweden Flood

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR284]: Floods in Finland (2018-05-15)

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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GML

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WKT

POLYGON ((23.5624581949 66.5007436198, 24.3360727332 66.5007436198, 24.3360727332 65.7859403358, 23.5624581949 65.7859403358, 23.5624581949 66.5007436198))

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: 2018-05-15
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR284
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/b296db89-71e2-4c0e-9a14-0595a27325ee
Popularity: 11 Dec 2023: 1 visits