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Severe flooding in the Charente-Maritime Department of France
Earth Observation | Copernicus
Floods
Location: France
Credit: European Union, Copernicus Emergency Management Service data
For the second time in a few weeks, France has been hit by severe flooding. More than 1,000 buildings have been affected and more than 250 people displaced by rising waters from the river Charente in the Charente-Maritime department on the southwestern coast of France.
The Rapid Mapping Module of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) has been activated to provide detailed delineation maps of the flooded areas (EMSR711). In this data visualisation based on CEMS data, the flooded areas near Saintes are visible.
Copernicus data and services allow the monitoring of flooding events and the assessment of their consequences.
