Description
Activation time (UTC): 2019-03-03 15:11:00
Event time (UTC): 2019-03-01 11:19:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)
Activation reason:
On 1 March 2019, a fire started in Mount Kenya on the Tharaka Nithi side. The fire has affected approximately 10,400 acres and is still spreading quickly. Efforts to put out the fire are on-going, though unsuccessful as the fire keeps spreading due to the dry weather conditions
Reference products: 1
Delineation products: 2
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.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR345 |
Tags
- emergency-management
- emergency
- copernicus-service
- copernicus
- wildfire
- copernicus-emergency-management-service-rapid-mapping-activation
- emsr345
- cems
- kenya
- copernicus-emergency-management-service
- rapid-mapping
- mapping
- copernicus-ems
- ken
Topics
- REGI
- TECH