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        <h2 class="title">Copernicus Emergency Management Service Activated to Monitor impact of Hurricane Harvey</h2>
        <div class="field field-name-field-domain field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Copernicus Emergency Management Service</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2017-08-29T00:00:00+02:00">29/08/2017</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-picture field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.copernicus.eu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/news/News_29_08_2017_EMS_Austin.jpg?itok=eUtQaYhp" width="220" height="202" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-copyright field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Copernicus EMS - Austin</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p style="text-align: justify;">The European Union’s Copernicus Emergency Management Service has been triggered on request of the European Commission’s Emergency Response Coordination Centre, following the landfall of Hurricane Harvey in Texas, to support FEMA in monitoring the resulting catastrophic floods.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">The service was activated on August 25th at midnight CET. Satellite imagery was rapidly ordered after the areas of interest had been defined in close coordination with end users. Radar satellite imagery has been selected as radar sensors can “see” at night and are immune to cloud coverage, while they are also best suited to differentiate flooded areas from bare soil.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">In this particular case, the first radar images acquired were from the COSMO-SkyMed constellation (actual samples attached). The extent of the flooded areas is derived from a comparison with pre-event satellite image using a semi-automatic approach.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">As per the user request, six areas are being mapped for flood extent (so-called “delineation maps”): Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Mathis, Beaumont/Orange (all in Texas) and Lake Charles (Louisiana).</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Imagery acquisition started at around midnight on Sunday August 27th and map production begun immediately after receipt. Further acquisitions have taken place and they should continue as long as necessary in order to monitor the evolution of the flood situation.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Flood extent maps for Houston, San Antonio Austin and Mathis, are already available for download (at <a href="http://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR229" target="_blank">emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR229</a>), together with digital files for integration in Geographical Information Systems used at emergency management facilities.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:9px;">Austin United States - Wind Storm - Situation as of 29/08/2017</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">The Copernicus Emergency Mapping Service had already been activated following the floods in Central US, in April last year (<a href="http://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR203" target="_blank">read more...</a>).</p>
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