Northern California Floods

  • Credit

    Jeff Schmaltz

Northern California ushered in 2006 with a series of major storms that inundated the area and left many towns awash in water, mud, and debris. According to a report from the USATODAY.com Website, at least two levees in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta region were unable to handle the rising waters and strong winds, and residents nearby evacuated as the water-control structures began leaking. In the wine-country town of Napa perhaps as many as 1,000 homes were flooded along with thousands of acres of rural and agricultural land. The governor declared several counties in the region flood disaster areas.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Aqua/MODIS

  • MODIS Bands

    7,2,1

  • Display Date

    January 12, 2006