Organisation: European Commission, Joint Research Centre

Title: Flood in Western Iran, Iran (2020-02-25)

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Activation time (UTC): 2020-02-25 18:58:00 Event time (UTC): 2020-02-25 00:00:00 Event type: Flood (Riverine flood)

Activation reason:
Flooding (25 years return period) due to heavy rainfall hit western and southwestern provinces of Iran from 24-02-2020 and will continue to 26-02-2020 with accumulated precipitation over 150mm. According to the report from local authorities the flash flood is affecting mainly Lorestan provinces which activated the evacuation process for Mamulan and Poldokhtar counties. Serious damage is reported to bridges and rural arteries.

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European Commission, Joint Research Centre (2020):  Flood in Western Iran, Iran (2020-02-25). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/c47ba255-68ac-4ba8-a198-aa507cadf621
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Issue date 2020-02-25
Landing page https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR431
Language English
Data theme(s) Regions and cities; Science and technology
EuroVoc domain(s) 72 GEOGRAPHY
Identifier http://data.europa.eu/89h/c47ba255-68ac-4ba8-a198-aa507cadf621
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34.1196984303° N, 49.756416619° E, 33.0758365323° S, 47.5237965504° W

Coordinate Reference System ETRS89 / LAEA Europe

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