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Floods on the Rio Grande
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Floods on the Rio Grande

Published Sep 24, 2008

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Rio de Janeiro
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Rio de Janeiro

A dengue fever outbreak has plagued Rio de Janeiro since January 2002. Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease. The elimination of standing water, which is a breeding ground for the mosquitoes, is a primary defense against mosquito-borne diseases like dengue. Removing such water remains a difficult problem in many urban regions.

Published Apr 14, 2002

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Rio de Janeiro: A Changing City
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Rio de Janeiro: A Changing City

The fast-growing and affluent neighborhood of Barra da Tijuca will host much of the 2016 Olympic Games.

Published Jun 1, 2016

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Rio Negro, Amazonia, Brazil
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Rio Negro, Amazonia, Brazil

The wide, multi-island zone in the Rio Negro (Black River) shown in this astronaut photograph from September 2, 2006, is one of two, long “archipelagoes” upstream of the city of Manaus (not shown) in central Amazonia. Sixty kilometers of the total 120-kilemeter length of this archipelago appear in this image.

Published Dec 4, 2006

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Amistad Reservoir
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Amistad Reservoir

Published Sep 1, 2003

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Flooding in Azerbaijan
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Flooding in Azerbaijan

Acquired May 14, 2010 (top), and April 21, 2010 (bottom), these images show Azerbaijan before and after severe flooding along the Kür River.

Published May 14, 2010

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Flooding in Southern Mexico
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Flooding in Southern Mexico

Acquired September 8, 2010, and September 9, 2009, these false-color images show changes to the landscape of southern Mexico wrought by heavy rains in the summer of 2010.

Published Sep 9, 2010

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Spain’s Stained River
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Spain’s Stained River

The unusually red and acidic Rio Tinto harbors microscopic life that could inform the search for life on Mars.

Published Oct 30, 2020

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Flooding around Anahuac, Mexico
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Flooding around Anahuac, Mexico

Acquired July 12, 2010, this natural-color image shows floodwaters near the cities of Anáhuac and Rodriguez in the wake of opened floodgates.

Published Jul 14, 2010

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Flooding in Thailand
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Flooding in Thailand

Although improved over the previous several weeks, flood conditions lingered around Ayutthaya and Bangkok in early December 2011.

Published Dec 16, 2011

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Flooding in Nigeria
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Flooding in Nigeria

Acquired September 8, 2012, and September 23, 2009, these false-color images compare conditions along the Benue River, which flooded in 2012.

Published Sep 12, 2012

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