Floods in Australia

Drenching wet-season rains led to extensive flooding throughout much of Australia between January and March 2009. The most widespread flooding was in Queensland.
Floods in Australia
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Floods in Australia

The extensive flooding that surrounded Normanton, Australia, had largely subsided by March 25, 2009, when the Advanced Land Imager on the EO-1 satellite captured this image.

Published Mar 25, 2009

Land Floods

Floods in Australia
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Floods in Australia

This pair of natural-color and infrared-enhanced images from the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite reveal that floods still surrounded much of the Queensland town of Normanton on the morning of March 12, 2009.

Published Mar 14, 2009

Image of the Day Land Floods Human Presence

Floods in Australia
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Floods in Australia

The Flinders River in northern Queensland, Australia, spread over more than 100 kilometers on February 18, 2009, when this image was taken.

Published Feb 21, 2009

Image of the Day Land Life Floods

Floods in Australia
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Floods in Australia

Flood waters nearly surround the tiny town of Normanton, Australia in this satellite image.

Published Feb 20, 2009

Land Floods Human Presence

Floods in Australia
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Floods in Australia

Water flowed through Australia’s Channel Country on February 18, 2009, as seasonal rivers and wetlands filled in response to seasonal rains in Australia's north.

Published Feb 18, 2009

Atmosphere Land Life Floods

Torrential Rains flood Australia
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Torrential Rains flood Australia

During the first two weeks of January 2009, torrential rains brought both drought relief and severe flooding to parts of Queensland and Northern Territory in northern Australia.

Published Jan 14, 2009

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Floods in Northern Australia
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Floods in Northern Australia

Drenching wet-season rains led to extensive flooding in Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia in early January 2009.

Published Jan 6, 2009

Atmosphere Land Floods