On the 20 November 2023, a wildfire is reported to have affected Bolivia. The event is on-going and spreading with damage expected to affect forests and urban areas. Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping is requested to provide initial rough estimation and wildfire ext...

Activation date: 2023-11-14 Event type: Humanitarian Activation reason: This activation (a continuation and update of EMSN120 for 2023) focuses on several villages situated on both sides of the Panj River in the Tajik/Afghan border region, at an alti...

On 10 November 2023 between 6:00 and 12:00 UTC, a flood event is reported to have affected West Flanders, Belgium. The event is ongoing and spreading with damage expected to affect urban areas. Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping is requested to provide flood extent.

On the 11 November 2023, a major festival will take place in the heart of the city of Cologne, Germany. Tens of thousands of visitors are expected for the day. The Cologne Fire service, which is tasked with providing safety measures during large events, needs ...

On the 7 November 2023, flooding is affecting the North part of France. A flood red alert has been issued for the Liane and Aa rivers while there is an on-going flood event in other river basins (Hem, Lys, Canche). Many damages have already been reported. Cope...

On the 2 November 2023 during afternoon, an intense weather system hit Italy with strong scirocco winds and high precipitations. The highest rainfall has occurred in Tuscany region between Pisa, Florence, Pistoia, and Prato provinces, with the Bisenzio River a...

On the 2 November 2023 at 13:30, a wildfire is reported to have affected Valencia region, in Spain. The event is on-going and spreading due to the strong wind that is expected to continue for the next few hours. Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping is requested to pro...

On 25 October around 6.25 UTC, TC OTIS (Cat. 5 Hurricane) made landfall over the area of the coastal City of Acapulco (central Guerrero State, southern Mexico) with maximum sustained winds of 270 km/h OTIS-23. OTIS-23 caused floods and landslides that resulted...

In the evening of 24 October 2023 local time, the Vanuatu archipelago was hit by the passage of a new tropical cyclone, named LOLA, with winds of up to 145 km/h. The cyclone has passed Solomon Island, and will have an impact on parts of Vanuatu. The event is o...

On 19 October 2023, coastal flooding was reported to have affected especially the State of Schleswig Holstein, Germany. The event is ongoing, water levels are still rising with an expected peak of up to 2.0 m above average in the late evening of 20.10.2023, an...

Activation date: 2023-10-10 Event type: Wind storm Activation reason: On Monday 7 August 2023, Latvia experienced a severe storm characterised by large hailstones, thunderstorms, heavy precipitation, and intense winds. This event resulted in signific...

Activation date: 2023-10-09 Event type: Flood Activation reason: On 10 September 2023, storm Daniel reached its peak in north-eastern Libya, causing much damage and major destruction. One of the worst affected cities was Derna, at the time of the eve...

On the 4 October 2023, in the early hours of the day, a fire broke out in the industrial zone of Drava International company, located in the southern part of the city of Osijek, Croatia. The event is under control with damages reported to affect storage facili...

On the 7 October 2023 at 12:00 UTC, extensive flooding is forecast to hit Central Scotland. The event is expected to affect a large geographic area with potential economic and environmental damage and danger to life. Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping is requested t...

Accurately characterizing land surface changes with Earth Observation requires geo-localized ground truth. In the European Union (EU), a tri-annual surveyed sample of land cover and land use has been collected since 2006 under the Land Use/Cover Area frame Sur...

Activation date: 2023-09-17 Event type: Mass movement Activation reason: The landslides in Eastern Slovenia caused by heavy rainfalls on 17 May 2023 were object to investigate, geolocate and quantify using post event data of CEMS’s Aerial compo...

Due to extreme rainfall in Thessaly Region, extended floods occurred in Magnesia Regional Unit, mostly around the city of Volos and coastal areas of Pelion mountain peninsula. Extreme rainfall is ongoing and according to the forecast of the National Meteorolog...

On the 06 August 2023 at 00:30, a landslide is reported to have affected an area near the National Meteorological Radar in western Slovenia. The situation could worsen in the following days and additional landslides may occur. Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping is r...

Activation date: 2023-08-24 Event type: Other Activation reason: The CEMS Risk and Recovery Standard (RRM STD) has been activated by the Spanish General Directorate of Civil Protection and Emergencies (CENEM) on behalf of the government of the Canary...