DATASET

Flood in Beledweyne, Somalia (2019-11-02)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2019-11-02 11:12:00
Event time (UTC): 2019-11-01 09:00:00
Event type: Flood (Riverine flood)

Activation reason:
Severe flooding across a large swath of Somalia has left more than a quarter of a million people searching for shelter. FAO Somalia, through its Somalia Water and Land Information Management (SWALIM) project (funded by EU), is closely following the development of a flood occurring in Beledweyne town and along the Shabelle riverine area.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 1
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

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2019): Flood in Beledweyne, Somalia (2019-11-02). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/f6c504e9-13e4-4b96-ad5a-d9227fb41a2b

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR404 Mapping Rapid Mapping SOM Somalia Flood

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR404]: Flood in Beledweyne, Somalia (2019-11-02)
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
2021-04-19
Modified date
2021-04-19
Issued date
2019-11-02
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR404 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/f6c504e9-13e4-4b96-ad5a-d9227fb41a2b
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