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El Niño Forecast to Contribute to Food Insecurity
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El Niño Forecast to Contribute to Food Insecurity

Shifting rainfall patterns are projected to leave millions of people without consistent access to food in late 2023 and early 2024.

Published Oct 30, 2023

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Drought Fuels Wildfires in the Amazon
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Drought Fuels Wildfires in the Amazon

With an El Niño brewing in the Pacific, uncontrolled fires are burning beneath the canopy in some parts of the rainforest.

Published Oct 19, 2023

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Muddy Water and a Wide Floodplain
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Muddy Water and a Wide Floodplain

The mighty Amazon River carries a huge amount of sediment and occasionally delivers muddy water to nearby lakes.

Published Mar 13, 2023

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Landslides in São Paulo, Brazil
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Landslides in São Paulo, Brazil

After torrential rains, satellite images revealed widespread landslides in the Brazilian state’s coastal municipality of São Sebastião.

Published Mar 4, 2023

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Deforestation Follows a Road Through Ucayali
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Deforestation Follows a Road Through Ucayali

A remote oil and logging road first established in eastern Peru in the 1980s has become a hub for forest clearing.

Published Oct 25, 2022

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Flooding in Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Flooding in Porto Alegre, Brazil

An extratropical cyclone triggered deadly flooding in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

Published Jun 23, 2023

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More Flooding in Australia’s Soggy Southeast
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More Flooding in Australia’s Soggy Southeast

After an extremely wet October, storms in November 2022 have added to ongoing flooding across New South Wales and Victoria.

Published Nov 18, 2022

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Flooding in Somalia
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Flooding in Somalia

The Horn of Africa frequently sees heavy precipitation during El Niño periods. In late November 2006, southern Somalia and eastern Ethiopia were experiencing severe flooding that displaced hundreds of thousands of people. These two astronaut photographs show the same coastal region in Somalia, south of the capital of Mogadishu, providing a visual contrast between wet and normal conditions.

Published Mar 5, 2007

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Flooding in Southern Thailand
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Flooding in Southern Thailand

Published Nov 6, 2003

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Flooding in Central China
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Flooding in Central China

A slow-moving rainstorm overwhelmed rivers and reservoirs, leading to deadly flooding in the province of Henan.

Published Jul 26, 2021

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Typhoon Saola Swipes China’s Coast
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Typhoon Saola Swipes China’s Coast

One of the region’s strongest storms in recent years delivered damaging winds and flooding.

Published Sep 1, 2023

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Flooding in the U.S. South
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Flooding in the U.S. South

A slow-moving weather system brought a deluge to the U.S. South, flooding communities in multiple states.

Published Mar 16, 2016

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Another New Lake in Egypt
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Another New Lake in Egypt

As the Space Shuttle Atlantis passed over southern Egypt in mid-March 2001, the STS-102 astronauts were able to document new flooding in the Toshka region west of Lake Nasser. The formation of the Toshka Lakes in southern Egypt is part of Egypt’s New Valley Project. The flooding of the region has been monitored by astronauts since 1998, and continues to show rapid changes.

Published Apr 22, 2001

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Flooding along the Mississippi River
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Flooding along the Mississippi River

Acquired April 28, 2011, and April 29, 2010, these false-color images compare spring flooding conditions.

Published Apr 28, 2011

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