DATASET

Floods in Malawi (2022-01-27)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2022-01-27 15:42:00
Event time (UTC): 2022-01-24 12:00:00
Event type: Flood (Riverine flood)

Activation reason:
The passage of tropical storm named ANA on 25 January, 2022 over southern Malawi with heavy rainfall caused rivers overflow, floods and landslides resulting in casualties and widespread damage.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 3
Grading products: 3

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) (2022): Floods in Malawi (2022-01-27). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/bf49abb2-51de-4589-8494-7c708238cbdf

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR561 Flood Malawi Mapping MWI Rapid Mapping Copernicus Emergency Management Service

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR561]: Floods in Malawi (2022-01-27)
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
2022-05-20
Modified date
2022-05-20
Issued date
2022-01-27
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR561 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/bf49abb2-51de-4589-8494-7c708238cbdf
Popularity