Today at the 🇪🇺 EUSPA - EU Agency for the Space Programme & 🛰 Eurisy workshop in #Lisbon 🇵🇹, we presented how our products support disaster risk management

Several stakeholders highlighted the key role of the #CopernicusEmergency Management Service in increasing resilience & emergency response in Europe & beyond

#DYK ❓

EU_ScienceHub, together with 🇪🇺 DG DEFIS #StrongerTogether & EUinmyRegion🇪🇺 , is working towards a regular monitoring of global built-up & population based on the processing of #Copernicus #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ imagery

More about the Global Human Settlement Layer at👇
…an-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu/index.php

We wish our followers, friends & colleagues a happy #EuropeDay 🇪🇺

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⬇️ #Copernicus #Sentinel1 🇪🇺🛰️image

Happy #EuropeDay 🇪🇺 to all our followers, friends, & colleagues!

We are honored to play an important role in supporting disaster risk reduction & emergency response efforts in Europe and beyond

By working together, we can build a more resilient Europe

#CopernicusEmergency

The unprecedented #floods 🌊 in the #RioGrandedoSul State, in #Brazil 🇧🇷, affected +850,000 people

🔽The EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid 🇪🇺 #ERCC Daily Map reported on these events including the activities carried out by our #MappingTeam within the activation #EMSR720

More at👇
rapidmapping.emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR720/report…

Copernicus data highlights extraordinarily extreme droughts ongoing in western half of southern Australia right now
And blue patch on Australia's Nullarbor shows where extensive flood cut Australia's Highway 1 connecting Western Australia to Australia's eastern States in March

#ImageOfTheDay

Dramatic #floods have devastated Southern #Brazil 🇧🇷

➡️Copernicus EMS is monitoring the event ( #EMSR720 )

⬇️Flooded areas near Porto Alegre are visible in this #Copernicus #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ image acquired on 6 May at 13:40UTC

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According to Defesa Civil RS, more than 120,000 people have been displaced following the historic #floods in the #RioGrandedoSul State, in #Brazil 🇧🇷

🔽Our Global Flood Awareness System #GloFAS had forecasted a severe flooding episode in the region

#InternationalFirefightersDay 🔥

Today we celebrate the firefighting community and their dedication to their work👨‍🚒👩‍🚒

Since 2012, the #CopernicusEmergency Management Service has been privileged to support early warning and emergency response efforts around the world 🌎

#EMSR720 #Brazil 🇧🇷

On 2 May, Authorities in Rio Grande do Sul State declared a state of emergency after #floods & mudslides caused by heavy rains claimed at least 30 lives

Our #MappingTeam has been activated to monitor the consequences

Updates at🔽
rapidmapping.emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR720/report…

On May 14th, join us at the Lisbon Naval Base in Alfeite, Almada.

💡Register here to join us in person at the event 👇
eurisy.eu/event/satellit…

#EMSR717

Our #MappingTeam delivered 24 products to support the emergency response efforts for the #wildfires 🔥 in Oaxaca, #Mexico 🇲🇽

➡️Over 42,000 hectares of burnt area were detected

Read about our activities at👇
rapidmapping.emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR717/report…

From November 2023 to March 2024, #drought 🚱conditions affected the Zambezi River Basin, causing river flows to decrease to record lows

🔽Meteorological drought tracking for the 3rd 10-day period of March

Read our latest #GDO report at👇
e.copernicus.eu/GDO_Report_Sou…

📢 A new report by the Copernicus EMS Global Drought Observatory has shed light on the severe drought affecting Southern Africa and the Zambezi River Basin, causing serious social and economic consequences across the region 🌍

Full story here ➡️ joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news-and-u…

Join us at the national workshop 'Satellite-based services for disaster risk management' on 14 May in Lisbon to have an overview of #EUSpace in European & national contexts in disaster risk mgmt.

Register by 7 May:
eurisy.eu/event/satellit… @eurisy1 Agência Espacial Portuguesa Marinha

#CopernicusEmergency Use Cases

The University of Arizona has conducted a study comparing different approaches using #Sentinel1 🛰️ data to accurately map the floods in #Bangladesh 🇧🇩 during May & June 2022

➡️Our #GFM tool was one of the methods evaluated🌊

More at👇
global-flood.emergency.copernicus.eu/get-involved/e…

In June, EU_ScienceHub and European Space Agency are hosting a workshop focused on environmental crimes

It will highlight the important role of Earth Observation 🛰️ data in environmental compliance assurance

Find out more at 👇
envcrimes2024.esa.int

According to our latest #EDO CDI for the first ten-day period of April, #drought 🚱 conditions were persistent across southern Europe

➡️ Warning 🟠 and Alert 🔴 conditions were present over most of the #Mediterranean region

More at👇
e.copernicus.eu/EDO_CDI

#DYK that in 2023 #Italy 🇮🇹 was the second most affected country in the EU in terms of area burnt by #wildfires 🔥❓

➡️The total area affected was more than six times the size of #Brussels

Read more in our latest #EFFIS report 👇
e.copernicus.eu/EFFIS_Advanced…

Heavy rainfall has recently affected #Pakistan 🇵🇰 and #Afghanistan 🇦🇫 leading to #floods in several areas of both countries

🔽Data from our #GHSL 🧑‍🤝‍🧑🛰️ and #GFM tool 🌊 were used in the #ERCC 's Daily Map to report on these events

🔗erccportal.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ECHO-Products/…