Flood in Greece (2015-02-02)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2015-02-02 11:21:00
Event time (UTC): 2015-02-01 14:00:00
Event type: Flood

Activation reason:
Due to the heavy rainfall of the last days, many areas mainly in the western part of Greece have been flooded. More specifically, rivers Arachthos, Acheron, Kalamas and Louros have been flooded and damages in infrastructures have been reported (bridges, roads etc). Villages that are located in the delta of Arachthos river have been evacuated for precautionary reasons.

Reference products: 5
Delineation products: 5
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) (2015): Flood in Greece (2015-02-02). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/c9fa9c00-f6d0-40b8-8645-dcdd45495101

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR117 Flood GRC Greece Mapping Rapid Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR117]: Flood in Greece (2015-02-02)

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 ((20.122864 39.692451, 21.151651 39.692451, 21.151651 38.994718, 20.122864 38.994718, 20.122864 39.692451))

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: 2015-02-02
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR117
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/c9fa9c00-f6d0-40b8-8645-dcdd45495101
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