June and July 2007 brought drenching rain and devastating floods to England. One of the hardest hit regions was Gloucestershire, in southwest England. The floods started in late June and continued throughout July.
Published Aug 3, 2007
Though water levels had started to subside, the Australian city of Rockhampton was still inundated when this image was taken on January 7, 2011.
Published Jan 8, 2011
In June 2008, intense spring rains pushed the Iowa River over its banks in Iowa City. Though the flood had started to recede when the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured the top image on June 22, the river was still swollen.
Published Jun 26, 2008
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
