Hurricane Irma in Sint Maarten (2017-09-07)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2017-09-07 12:40:00
Event time (UTC): 2017-09-06 11:00:00
Event type: Storm (Tropical cyclone, hurricane, typhoon)

Activation reason:
The islands of Sint Maarten, Saba and Sint Eustatius were struck by Hurricane IRMA on 7 September 2017. All three islands were impacted, but Sint Maarten sustained the most damage. The French part of the island was “95% destroyed” and a number of fatalities have been reported. In response the Netherlands has sent marines to St Maarten, and two aid flights.

Reference products: 2
Delineation products: 0
Grading products: 4

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) (2017): Hurricane Irma in Sint Maarten (2017-09-07). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/dec10c71-27e8-410a-b05b-a7fc69244dd1

Keywords

ANT CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus EMS Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR234 Mapping Rapid Mapping Netherlands Antilles Storm

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR234]: Hurricane Irma in Sint Maarten (2017-09-07)

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 ((-63.1458438573 18.0642752655, -62.9914105454 18.0642752655, -62.9914105454 18.00381391, -63.1458438573 18.00381391, -63.1458438573 18.0642752655))

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: 2017-09-07
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR234
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/dec10c71-27e8-410a-b05b-a7fc69244dd1
Popularity: 06 Sep 2024: 1 visits