Description
Activation time (UTC): 2020-10-15 10:16:00
Event time (UTC): 2020-10-12 17:00:00
Event type: Storm (Tropical cyclone, hurricane, typhoon)
Activation reason:
After a dramatic series of consecutive typhoons hitting the Vietnam central Coast these last weeks, a new storm is forecast to cause heavy rainfall in central Vietnam. Local weather forecasts predict a high chance for strong precipitation resulting in localized urban floods in Dong Hoi, Dong Ha, Hue, Hoi Han, Quang NGAI, in Central Vietnam, with a maximum water height on the 17/10/2020. The activation aims to detect the spatial extent of the flooding as currently no established in situ methods are available for this purpose.
Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 11
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/EMSR472 |
Tags
- emergency-management
- emergency
- copernicus-service
- copernicus
- vietnam
- copernicus-emergency-management-service-rapid-mapping-activation
- cems
- emsr472
- copernicus-emergency-management-service
- vnm
- rapid-mapping
- storm
- mapping
- copernicus-ems
Topics
- REGI
- TECH