Flood in Braunschweig (2017-07-27)

<br/> Activation time (UTC): 2017-07-27 08:16:00<br/> Event time (UTC): 2017-07-27 08:00:00<br/> Event type: Flood (Riverine flood)<br/> <br/> Activation reason: <br/> Rain is set to fall across nearly every part of the country on Tuesday and has already hit northern and central areas hard specially in Braunschweig. Southern Lower Saxony and northern Thuringia were battered by storms between Monday and Tuesday, with between 50 to 80 litres of rain per square-metre falling over the last 24 hours - in some areas up to 100 litres.<br/> <br/> Reference products: 0<br/> Delineation products: 2<br/> Grading products: 1<br/> <br/> Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Mapping is a service funded by European Commission aimed at providing actors in the management of natural and man-made disasters, in particular Civil Protection Authorities and Humanitarian Aid actors, with mapping products based on satellite imagery.<br/>