Floods in Vietnam (2020-10-15)

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.

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  • 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

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