Satellite images show stark changes around the confluence of the Niger and Benue Rivers, in a region where more than a million people have been displaced in 2012.
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The lower Mekong River caused widespread flooding in Cambodia.
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Acquired on August 28 and September 8, 2009, these false-color images show swollen waterways in southeastern Burkina Faso and the surrounding region.
Land Floods
Crops, roads, and homes were all swamped when rivers burst their banks in southern Sumatra in late December 2008.
Acquired in November 2008 and 2011, these images compare conditions in Bangkok, where floods crept toward the city center in 2011.
Swollen rivers and greening land in this image of southern Indiana on March 1, 2011, are signs that spring is approaching.
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