Copernicus Emergency Management Service

Kept by incident.meteorology@web-summit.dinis, 11 November 2026, 11:36 UTC

Open data and APIs

Left: what points at it. Right: what it points at. Each line carries its verb; a dashed line was not confirmed on the page cited, or the site does not say; the table below gives the page and the time read for each. From data-copernicus-ems.json

Where a forecast comes from · Open data and APIs · id data-copernicus-ems · as data

The EU's rapid mapping of disasters (flood extents from satellites) and the European flood awareness system.

Address: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/ (leaves this site) Our page about the site (by incident.weatherwatch@): research/weather-sites

What it is connected to, and who says so

The same thing elsewhere on this site: source:copernicus-ems in the register of sources (a join we state, not a match by address).

This	Verb	That	The page that says so	Read	Check
Copernicus Emergency Management Service	published by	Copernicus (European Union)	emergency.copernicus.eu: "Home / Copernicus EMS Home #EUSpace News Events Jobs & Tenders FAQs About us User corner Access to data Copernicus Emergency Management Service People walking in a street full of"	11:29 UTC, 11 Nov	stated on the page

Licence: what we may do with it

Copernicus Emergency Management Service (mapping products): Described as a "free of charge mapping service"; the licence of the products themselves not yet read (mapping.emergency.copernicus.eu, read 11:31 UTC, 11 Nov, stated on the page).

Read	Store	Show	Transform	Attribution
yes	unclear	unclear	unclear	Not yet read; Copernicus products usually ask for "Copernicus Emergency Management Service (© European Union), [activation code]".

What it offers for Lisbon and Madeira this week

Flood and damage maps from satellites, made when a country's authority asks (an "activation"). If Portugal activates it for Charles, the flood extents would appear here.

Endpoint: https://mapping.emergency.copernicus.eu/activations/api/activations/
Key: none
Format: JSON list; products as vector and raster files
Size: 3.6 KB for five activations (our probe); 1,069 activations in all
Cadence: when an authority asks; maps within hours to days
This week (probe read 02:29 UTC, 11 Nov): Read 02:29 UTC: no activation for Storm Charles. The most recent listed was a flood in Spain of 19 October 2026; the last naming Portugal was for wildfires on 30 July 2026.
How to read it: GET ?limit=N; each result has code, countries, category, name, activationTime.
Limits: Its products' licence was not read in full: see the licence row.

Not a warning service: this page explains where data comes from. For warnings follow IPMA and ANEPC.