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Floods in Philippines (2012-08-14)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2012-08-14 21:20:00
Event time (UTC): 2012-08-06 17:00:00
Event type: Flood

Activation reason:
Torrential rains brought the Philippines capital to a standstill 7 August 2012, forcing at least 20,000 people to flee their homes as floodwaters covered half the sprawling city

Reference products: 8
Delineation products: 8
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) (2012): Floods in Philippines (2012-08-14). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/518028c9-f8a0-4be3-bcd5-d50b6e99e7dd

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR017 Flood Mapping Philippines PHL Rapid Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR017]: Floods in Philippines (2012-08-14)
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

Type Value
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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
2012-08-14
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR017 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/518028c9-f8a0-4be3-bcd5-d50b6e99e7dd
Popularity