By the time the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite passed over Des Moines, Iowa, on June 29, 2008, and captured this image, the floods that had struck the city in mid-June when an aging levee failed were no longer apparent in the city itself. However, downstream (southeast) of the city, the flooding remained dramatic.
Published Jul 8, 2008
Acquired October 11, 2012, and October 8, 2010, these images compare conditions near the confluence of the Benue and Niger Rivers in southern Nigeria. Floods struck the region in 2012.
Published Oct 12, 2012
Severe flooding along the Beni and Mamoré Rivers has affected tens of thousands of people in northern Bolivia.
Published Mar 14, 2014
A series of rainstorms pushed rivers in southern Great Britain to flood stage in February 2014.
Published Feb 17, 2014
Floods migrated west in New South Wales in February 2012.
Published Feb 20, 2012
Severe flooding along the Beni and Mamore Rivers has affected tens of thousands of people in northern Bolivia.
Published Mar 13, 2014
