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10/05/2019

EFAS data now available through the Copernicus Climate Data Store

The EFAS data has now been made available through the Copernicus Climate Data store to all users. There are two datasets on CDS; the EFAS forecasts, and EFAS historical simulations.

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09/05/2019

New EFAS partner

We gladly welcome CH Segura, Spain as new EFAS partner.

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07/05/2019

Operational forecasting and warning systems for natural hazards – Scientific outreach during EGU2019 and future events

by Ilias Pechlivanidis (SMHI, Sweden), Michaela Mikulicková (SMHU, Slovakia), Eric Sprokkereef (RWS, Netherlands)

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07/05/2019

How the EU supports the fight against floods

Find out how the EU supported Ireland in a fight against floods using EFAS and the rapid mapping component of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service.

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03/05/2019

EFAS forecasts are now available as OGC WMS Service

EFAS forecasts are now available as OGC Web Map Service (WMS) for partners and non-registered users. You can now import the EFAS maps into your preferred working environment via a web service.

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Appearance of the updated ERIC flash flood layers in EFAS after the addition of the yellow triangles and channel network shading

23/04/2019

Update of the ERIC layers and the criteria for EFAS Flash Flood Notifications

by Calum Baugh, EFAS Computational Centre

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Flooding in Chania, Crete, late February 2019. Credit: Civil Protection Greece

12/04/2019

Report on the flooding in Crete, Greece in February 2019

by Richard Davies, floodlist.com

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Spotlight on river discharge (European State of the Climate 2018)

10/04/2019

EFAS in European State of the Climate 2018

The European State of the Climate 2018 compiled by the Copernicus Climate Change Service was released 9 April 2019.

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06/04/2019

EFAS MARS archive and access to forecast through ftp

The EFAS archive is now accessible to all users interested in historical EFAS hydrological simulations and forecasts. Time series older than 30 days are available through the ECMWF MARS archive. Registered EFAS partners can also access real-time forecasts so through a dedicated ftp server.

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Figure 1: Number of EFAS formal (red), informal (orange) and flash flood (blue) notifications issued in 2018

29/03/2019

Summary of EFAS Notifications in 2018

by EFAS dissemination centre

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Cover from the report on the extended domain

21/03/2019

Report on EFAS upgrade published

The report on the EFAS extended domain upgrade has now been published on the EFAS website.

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12/03/2019

EFAS at the 1st DAREFFORT periodic meeting

The DAREFFORT project has had its 1st Periodic Meeting from 4-6 February in Vienna, Austria.

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Handbook of Hydrometeorological Forecasting

27/02/2019

New handbook on hydrometeorological ensemble forecasting

The HEPEX “Handbook of Hydrometeorological Ensemble Forecasting” has now finally been published in its entirety.

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21/02/2019

Contribute to the Fitness Check of the EU’s Water Framework Directive and Floods Directive!

An Open Public Consultation is being carried out via the EU platform “EU Survey”, which aims at collecting as many views as possible on how the EU’s Water Framework Directive and Floods Directive have respectively brought about changes to the sustainable management of water and improvement in the

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Search and rescue teams in Tineo, Asturias, Spain January 2019

11/02/2019

Floods in northern Spain, January 2019

by Richard Davies, floodlist

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07/02/2019

Webinar on EFAS web interface

A webinar showing the new EFAS interface has now been published under Resources-Webinars. The webinar shows the most important features of the web interface in comparison with the previous. Note that it assumes that you are already familiar with the EFAS products.

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Example of outputs from the Rapid Flood Mapping layer in EFAS, showing predicted flooding along the Vjosa, Seman and Shkumbin rivers during November 2017.

05/02/2019

The ARISTOTLE consortium and EFAS

Richard Alpfjord Wylde, SMHI

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05/02/2019

New EFAS partner

We gladly welcome Dipartimento della Protezione Civile, Italy as new EFAS partner and the BeAWARE research project (Centre of Research & Technology - Hellas, Greece) as new research partner.

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30/01/2019

Characteristics of the Russian Flood Forecasting System

by EFAS DISS and HYDRO Centers

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Flood search and rescue in Mallorca, Spain, October 2018 - Credit: 112 Illes Balears

30/01/2019

Flash floods in Mallorca, October 2018

by Richard Davies (FloodList).

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30/01/2019

Release of the new EFAS web interface

by ECC and EDCC

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30/01/2019

News summary October-November 2018

Global Dialogue Platform on Forecast-based Financing (FbF), Berlin

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Greece Fire Service respond to floods 30 September 2018. Credit: Greece Fire Service

30/01/2019

Floods in Greece, late September 2018

by Richard Davies (FloodList). Data for Greek weather by Artemis Papapetrou, Head of the Hydrology Section, Division of Climatology, Hellenic National Meteorological Service (HNMS) Greece

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30/01/2019

Update of the ERIC layers and the criteria for EFAS Flash Flood Notifications

by Calum Baugh, EFAS Computational Centre

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Transnational project for enhanced flood forecasting along the Danube

30/01/2019

Kick-off of the DAREFFORT project

by Marcel Zvolenský, SHMU and Peter Salamon, JRC

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Stresa - Lake Maggiore and Borromean Islands. Photo by Roger W Common license (CC by 2.0)

29/01/2019

News summary August-September 2018

Announcements EFAS Annual Meeting 2019 The 14th EFAS annual meeting will take place in Stresa (Italy) 21-22 May 2019.

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Flooding in Seine-et-Marne, France, 12 June 2018. Credit: Franck Desprez.

23/01/2019

Storms and Flash Floods in Europe, June 2018

by Richard Davies, FloodList

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23/01/2019

Reviewing the EFAS seasonal outlook for the summer 2018 low river flows in Europe

by Louise Arnal and Shaun Harrigan, ECC

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23/01/2019

Summary of feedback on notifications sent during May 2018-April 2018

by Elinor Andersson, EFAS Dissemination Centre

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23/01/2019

News summary April-May

EFAS extended domain

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Caption: Floods in Shkodër (Scutari), Albania, 18 March 2018. Credit: Copernicus.

04/12/2018

South-eastern European floods in March 2018

by Richard Davies, FloodList

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04/12/2018

Report from HEPEX workshop in Melbourne, February 2018

The HEPEX community had its seventh International Workshop in Melbourne in February. The theme was “Breaking the barriers” with the idea of identifying challenges in research and practice regarding hydrometeorological ensemble forecasting.

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04/12/2018

Report from CLARA workshop in Stockholm March 2018

Fredrik Wetterhall from the EFAS CC attended the CLARA Multi-User forum workshop CLARA Multi-User forum workshop in Stockholm 6-7 March.

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31/07/2018

European Flood Awareness System (EFAS)

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01/03/2018

UCPM-EWS meeting, 11 December, Ispra, Italy

An efficient emergency decision-making process cannot exist without an efficient and people-centred EWS

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Sava River Basin workshop, 04-05 Oct, Zagreb, Croatia

01/03/2018

Sava River Basin workshop, 04-05 October, Zagreb, Croatia

A training workshop on Governance and Technology for Flood Risk Reduction.

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01/03/2018

3rd Copernicus in situ data coordination workshop 15 November 2017, Copenhagen

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01/03/2018

Copernicus cross service meeting between EMS and the C3S, 22 November, Reading, UK

Copernicus cross service meeting between EMS and C3S, 22 November, Reading, UK

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01/03/2018

FATHUM meeting, 16-17 November, Ispra, Italy

“Forecasts for AnTicipatory HUManitarian action” is a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary project led by the University of Reading, UK.

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01/03/2018

22nd Working Group Floods meeting & workshop, 18-19 October, Tallinn, Estonia

22nd Working Group Floods meeting and the related workshop on “Risk indicators and assessment”, 18-19 October, Tallinn, Estonia

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01/03/2018

16th Copernicus User Forum, 13 October, Brussels, Belgium

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01/03/2018

32nd meeting of the Flood Protection Expert Group of the ICPDR, 10 October, Brussels

32nd meeting of the Flood Protection Expert Group of the ICPDR, 10 October, Brussels, Belgium

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01/03/2018

EFAS training for Croatia on 11-12 October 2017

EFAS training for our Croatian partner took place in Zagreb, Croatia in the premises of the Meteorological and Hydrological Service

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Participants at the 13th annual EFAS meeting in Norrköping, Sweden, 13-14 March 2018.

01/03/2018

EFAS Annual meeting in Norrköping, Sweden 13-14 March 2018

by Sara-Sofia Asp and Elinor Andersson

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01/03/2018

Case study: Floods in Paris and Île-de-France, France, January 2018

The overflowing Seine river in Paris and Île-de-France region caused around 1,000 people to evacuate their homes during late January 2018.

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01/03/2018

A summary of EFAS notifications in 2017 and comparison with previous years

The notifications sent in 2017 were concentrated towards the end of the year. November and December were the most active months with 55 and 73 notifications.

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01/03/2018

New features

The eastwards extension of EFAS is now coming nearer its release, and as a teaser, the precipitation and temperature maps will now be shown on the new domain from this issue onwards.

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01/03/2018

Case study: Floods in the Attica Region, Greece, November 2017

Devastating flash floods hit the areas of Mandra, Nea Peramos and Megara in West Attica, Greece on Wednesday, 15 November 2017.

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01/03/2018

New feature - Flood Forecasting and Warning System in the Sava River Basin

The international Sava River Basin Commission established a joint Hydrological Information System platform for the Sava River Basin in 2015 (Sava HIS – www.savahis.org) in cooperation with relevant national institutions from the Sava River Basin.

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01/03/2018

New partners

We gladly welcome the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment as a new EFAS partner and the Centre for Coordination of Critical Infrastructure Protection from Ministry of Internal Affairs in Romania as a new EFAS third party partner.

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01/03/2018

New developments - GloFAS seasonal outlook

On 10 November 2017, the new GloFAS seasonal outlook was released. This is the world's first operational global scale seasonal river flow forecast, and has been developed in collaboration with the University of Reading and ECMWF.

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01/03/2018