Risk of failure of the Ituango Dam in Colombia (2018-05-22)

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2018-05-22 20:00:00
Event time (UTC): 2018-05-16 17:00:00
Event type: Flood (Riverine flood)

Activation reason:
The Ituango Dam is an embankment dam under construction on the Cauca river. A series of events starting from 28/4/2018 and currently ongoing pose a high risk of failure of this dam. The estimated potentially affected population is around 120.000

Reference products: 9
Delineation products: 14
Grading products: 2

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/EMSR286

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  • colombia
  • emergency-management
  • col
  • emergency
  • copernicus-service
  • copernicus
  • copernicus-emergency-management-service-rapid-mapping-activation
  • emsr286
  • flood
  • cems
  • copernicus-emergency-management-service
  • rapid-mapping
  • mapping
  • copernicus-ems

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  • REGI
  • TECH

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