DATASET

Flood in Attika, Greece (2017-11-19)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2017-11-19 11:46:00
Event time (UTC): 2017-11-15 07:00:00
Event type: Flood (Flash flood)

Activation reason:
Flash floods in the areas of Mandra and Nea Peramos (Athen's western outskirts) that started on Wednesday 15-11-2017 early morning, turned roads into raging torrents of mud and debris, killing at least 20 people, inundating homes and businesses and disturbing the traffic at several section of a Athens-Korinthos highway and nearby roads. The General Secretary for Civil Protection has declared the area in State of Emergency. Copernicus EMS Mapping products will be used mainly by the local authorities (Region of Attika, Municipalities) for recovery and restoration planning of the affected area.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 0
Grading products: 3

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) (2017): Flood in Attika, Greece (2017-11-19). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/fa251d7b-978b-49c9-b6dc-37edded2c16d

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus EMS Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus Service EMSR257 Emergency Flood Emergency Management GRC Greece Mapping Rapid Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR257]: Flood in Attika, Greece (2017-11-19)
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

Type Value
GML
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GML
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WKT
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GML
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GML
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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
2017-11-19
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR257 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/fa251d7b-978b-49c9-b6dc-37edded2c16d
Popularity