Images related to Effects of the Tohoku Tsunami on the Kitakami River

Wreckage and Recovery in Ishinomaki, Japan
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Wreckage and Recovery in Ishinomaki, Japan

Acquired in March 2011 and February 2012, these images document the recession of flood waters after the Tohoku tsunami.

Published Mar 13, 2012

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Flooding along the Kitakami River, Japan
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Flooding along the Kitakami River, Japan

Acquired March 15, 2011, and January 16, 2011, these false-color images show part of the Kitaami River before and after the 8,9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami struck Japan in early March 2011.

Published Mar 16, 2011

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Kuiseb River Reaches the Sea
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Kuiseb River Reaches the Sea

Acquired April 2, 2011, and February 27, 2011, these natural-color images show rising waters on the Kuiseb River, which flowed all the way to the Atlantic Ocean for the first time in decades.

Published Apr 12, 2011

Land Floods

Flooding along the James River, South Dakota
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Flooding along the James River, South Dakota

Acquired June 5, 2011, and May 19, 2005, these false-color images compare conditions along the James River near Mitchell, South Dakota.

Published Jun 7, 2011

Land Floods

Tsunami Damage near Ishinomaki, Japan
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Tsunami Damage near Ishinomaki, Japan

This false-color image acquired on March 14, 2011, shows widespread flooding in tsunami-hit Ishinomaki, Japan.

Published Mar 15, 2011

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Floods in Vietnam
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Floods in Vietnam

Published Sep 22, 2005

Floods

Flooding along the James River, South Dakota
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Flooding along the James River, South Dakota

Acquired May 1, 2011, this natural-color image shows the James River completely filling the river valley near Jamesville, South Dakota.

Published May 3, 2011

Land Floods

Flooding Continues along the Red River
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Flooding Continues along the Red River

Acquired May 7, 2011, and May 14, 2010, these false-color images compare conditions along the Red River of the North.

Published May 10, 2011

Land Floods

Connecticut River Oxbow
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Connecticut River Oxbow

Floods and new infrastructure have long since separated the distinctive bend in the river that was portrayed by landscape painter Thomas Cole in 1836.

Published Oct 15, 2017

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