On the 15 January 2024 at 22:00, the Tropical Cyclone BELAL-24 is forecast to hit Réunion Island. The event is expected to cause damage in urban coastal areas and to have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed populati...

Due to the currently prevailing flood situation in Germany, a 20 to 50-year flood is expected for the federal state of Saarland. The 1st wave will peak between 02.01.2024 around 18:00 and 03.01.2024 06:00, the 2nd wave is expected to peak in the night from 03....

On the 24 December 2023, flood events are forecast and expected over state of Lower Saxony in North West part of Germany. Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping is requested to provide initial rough estimation and flood extent emergency mapping.

The 1-month Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI-1) is a meteorological drought indicator to monitor precipitation anomalies over 1-month accumulation periods and is a proxy indicator for immediate impacts of droughts such as reduced soil moisture, snowpack, ...

The 6-month Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI-6) is a meteorological drought indicator to monitor precipitation anomalies over 6-month accumulation periods and is a proxy indicator for medium-term impacts, for example reduced stream flow and reservoir stor...

The 9-month Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI-9) is a meteorological drought indicator to monitor precipitation anomalies over 9-month accumulation periods and is a proxy indicator for medium-term impacts, for example reduced stream flow and reservoir stor...

The 12-month Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI-12) is a meteorological drought indicator to monitor precipitation anomalies over 12-month accumulation periods and is a proxy indicator for medium-term impacts, for example reduced stream flow and reservoir s...

The 24-month Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI-24) is a meteorological drought indicator to monitor precipitation anomalies over 24-month accumulation periods and is a proxy indicator for long-term impacts, for example, reduced reservoir and groundwater re...

The 48-month Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI-48) is a meteorological drought indicator to monitor precipitation anomalies over 48-month accumulation periods and is a proxy indicator for long-term impacts, for example, reduced reservoir and groundwater re...

The 3-month Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI-3) is a meteorological drought indicator to monitor precipitation anomalies over 3-month accumulation periods and is a proxy indicator for immediate impacts of droughts, such as reduced soil moisture, snowpack,...

Activation date: 2023-12-21 Event type: Flood Activation reason: In the wake of Storm Ciarán's destructive path across Western Europe from late October to early November 2023, the region of Tuscany in central Italy faced catastrophic flood...

Activation date: 2023-12-20 Event type: Flood Activation reason: In September 2023, Thessaly Region, Greece, was hit by extended floods due to heavy rainfall. After three months, an area north, north-west of Karla lake is still flooded. The On-demand...

On the 14 December 2023 at 12:00, a flood event is forecast and expected over Charente River in the south-west part of France. Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping is requested to provide initial rough estimation and flood extent emergency mapping.

The European Flood Awareness System (EFAS) predicted a high probability event of flooding starting 01 December 2023 at 06:00 UTC, with a peak of the event at 18:00 UTC. The expected duration of the event is 3 days, in Stei city and along Crisul Repede river in...

Activation date: 2023-11-23 Event type: Other Activation reason: Wildfires are one of the main environmental hazards that regularly threaten the Iberian Peninsula. On 8 September at 13h55 a fire broke out in the Sierra de Los Guájares Granada provinc...

On the 20 November 2023, a wildfire is reported to have affected Bolivia. The event is on-going and spreading with damage expected to affect forests and urban areas. Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping is requested to provide initial rough estimation and wildfire ext...

Activation date: 2023-11-14 Event type: Humanitarian Activation reason: This activation (a continuation and update of EMSN120 for 2023) focuses on several villages situated on both sides of the Panj River in the Tajik/Afghan border region, at an alti...

The FAPAR Anomaly indicator that is implemented in the Copernicus Global Drought Observatory (GDO) is used to detect and monitor the impacts on vegetation growth and productivity of environmental stress factors, especially plant water stress due to drought. Th...

On 10 November 2023 between 6:00 and 12:00 UTC, a flood event is reported to have affected West Flanders, Belgium. The event is ongoing and spreading with damage expected to affect urban areas. Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping is requested to provide flood extent.