Floods in Sabaragamuwa/West, Sri Lanka (2017-05-31)

<br/> Activation time (UTC): 2017-05-31 10:33:00<br/> Event time (UTC): 2017-05-24 18:30:00<br/> Event type: Flood (Riverine flood)<br/> <br/> Activation reason: <br/> Monsoon rains caused severe flooding and mudslides in western and southern Sri Lanka. The death toll has climbed to more than 200 with 94 people still missing in the country’s worst torrential rains since 2003 that displaced nearly half a million people.<br/> <br/> Reference products: 0<br/> Delineation products: 5<br/> Grading products: 0<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/>