Days of heavy rain sent the Solo River in East Java over its banks, inundating thousands of homes.
Published Mar 4, 2009
Acquired August 1, 2011, and August 6, 2010, these false-color images compare conditions along the James River, a Missouri River tributary, in South Dakota.
Published Aug 2, 2011
Already swollen from late summer rain, Argentina’s Paraná River and its tributaries burst their banks under the onslaught of extreme rain during the last week of March 2007.
Published Apr 10, 2007
The swampy wetlands that surround Zambia’s Kafue River were submerged with water on February 14, 2008. The river floods seasonally, but the rainy season of 2007-2008 caused exceptional flooding across southern Africa. Under the influence of unusually intense rains, the Kafue River spanned tens of kilometers.
Published Feb 16, 2008
