Between 1998 and 2017, floods impacted more than 2 billion people worldwide. According to the World Health Organization, floods are the most common type of nature-derived disaster and, unfortunately, their frequency is only expected to increase. Europe is especially vulnerable to tragic floods, which was exhibited during the floods of July of 2021 which devastated several Western European countries. Slovenia is another country that is subject to flash floods and urban flooding, with the worst example occurring in January of 2014 and leading to an emergency proclamation across the entire country.

During the alert, Slovenian civil protection can trigger a Rapid Mapping Activation event using Copernicus EMS. The output of the mapping will be demonstrated when they become available in the Copernicus EMS portal.