On July 15, after devastating flooding hit Romania and Bulgaria, the Civil Protection and Environment Unit of the European Commission requested the activation of the International Charter for Space and Major Disasters.
The torrential rain and flooding of the past few weeks has led to the evacuation of more than 12,000 people and caused serious damage to homes and crops.
Canada’s RADARSAT-1 satellite was called into action to acquire images of the flood zone. Combined with archived images, these help define the appearance of the area before and after the flood. Thus, flood zone maps were quickly available to help local emergency response units.
For more information, please visit the Charter website at:
http://www.disasterscharter.org