Flood in Honduras and Nicaragua (2018-10-09)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2018-10-09 15:58:00
Event time (UTC): 2018-10-06 03:00:00
Event type: Flood (Flash flood)

Activation reason:
Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador have been stroke by heavy rains starting from the 6th of october 2018. At least 13 people have lost their lives in rains that inundated parts of the involved countries. WFP Country Offices and other Disaster Agencies Disaster agencies in all three countries reported that at least 7.013 people In Honduras, 24.000 people in Nicaragua and 125.190 have been evacuated or moved in shelters. Most of the rain was blamed on a low-pressure system off the Pacific coast of El Salvador. Hurricane Michael in the Caribbean could have also contributed. Honduras is one of the most affected countries by the heavy rains: it is expected that soil saturation may trigger landslides across the country

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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

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How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2018): Flood in Honduras and Nicaragua (2018-10-09). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/d6a33f31-9ebd-484a-95e4-0be996b07d79

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR321 Flood HND Honduras Mapping NIC Nicaragua Rapid Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR321]: Flood in Honduras and Nicaragua (2018-10-09)

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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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Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2021-04-19
Modified date: 2021-04-19
Issued date: 2018-10-09
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR321
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/d6a33f31-9ebd-484a-95e4-0be996b07d79
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