DATASET

Flood in Eastern Sicily, Italy (2021-10-27)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2021-10-27 11:31:00
Event time (UTC): 2021-10-24 00:00:00
Event type: Flood (Riverine flood)

Activation reason:
In the late evening of Saturday 23 October 2021, a deep cyclone located in the Ionian Sea, brought heavy and persistent rainfall to the Ionian coast of Sicily and Calabria, mainly around Catania and Syracusa cities. A Red alert was issued by the National Department of Civil Protection. The rain gauge of the municipality of Linguaglossa, recorded over 500 mm in 48 hours. The worst situation was registered in the metropolitan area of Catania and in the municipality of Misterbianco with extensive urban flooding. Road circulation was impeded and several houses invaded by mud and debris. In the municipality of Randazzo, many people have been evacuated due the overflow of the Flascio stream. The National Department of Civil Protection triggered the Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Service for First Estimate, Delineation and Grading products.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 12
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

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2021): Flood in Eastern Sicily, Italy (2021-10-27). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/e6eb0858-3871-443b-a639-00c24adf9a49

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR548 Flood ITA Italy Mapping Rapid Mapping Copernicus EMS

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR548]: Flood in Eastern Sicily, Italy (2021-10-27)
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

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WKT
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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
2022-01-10
Modified date
2022-01-10
Issued date
2021-10-27
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR548 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/e6eb0858-3871-443b-a639-00c24adf9a49
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