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Natural Hazards >> Floods >> Flooding on the Fitzroy River, Australia
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Flooding on the Fitzroy River, Australia
Heavy rains in northwestern Australia earlier this week caused flooding all along the Fitzroy River and forced dozens of aboriginal people from their homes. The false-color image of the flood (top) was acquired on February 27, 2002, by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA?s Terra spacecraft. Roughly 300 mm of rain came down in the region pictured in the image over the end of last week and this past weekend. The water swept over the normally dry landscape and mostly drained into the Fitzroy River, which forms a swollen black crescent in the middle of the top image. During the dry season the river resembles a thin black line (bottom image, acquired on Feb. 15, 2002. Additional flooding can be seen just north of the river, in the top image, and around King Sound, which is the bay that the river runs into. In these false-color images, green shows land surface and black is water. The pinkish-white patches are clouds. To obtain a high-resolution image of the bottom scene, or to obtain true-color images, visit the MODIS Rapid Response Image Gallery. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC Recommend this Image to a Friend Floods: Topic Home | Archive | Related Links Natural Hazards Home | Section FAQ
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Image Posted February 27, 2002 Satellite & Sensor Terra- MODIS Other Images for this Event Posted: Mar 04, 2002 Floods Latest Events Floods on the Mexican Gulf Coast Floods on the Rio Grande Flooding along the Gulf Coast Floods in Orissa, India The Brahmaputra River floods Northeast India Monsoon Floods in Northeast India
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