On May 26, 2015, the Operational Land Imager on the Landsat 8 satellite acquired a natural-color image of flooding along the Red River, which forms part of the state border between Texas and Oklahoma. For comparison, the same area is also shown on March 23, 2015.
NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Mike Carlowicz.
Record-setting rainfall in the southern United States has sent several rivers and lakes over their banks and caused extensive damage in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and other areas.
