Flooding in Madagascar

  • Credit

    Image courtesy Jesse Allen based on expedited ASTER data provided the NASA/GSFC/MITI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team

Tropical Cyclone Gafilo brought intense floods to Madagascar.

Large pools of water surround the lower reaches of the Betsiboka River in northeastern Madagascar. Flooding has been a problem since Tropical Cyclone Gafilo blew across the island on March 7 and 8, and then returned on March 10. The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on the Terra satellite captured this image on March 18, 2004. Here, vegetation is red, water is green and blue, and clouds are white. As of March 18, 113 people were reported dead, many of whom drowned in the floods.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/ASTER

  • Start Date

    2004-03-18

  • Event Start Date

    2004-03-14

  • NH Image ID

    12012

  • NH Event ID

    10306

  • NH Posting Date

    2004-03-18