Days of heavy rain sent the Solo River in East Java over its banks, inundating thousands of homes.
Published Mar 4, 2009Acquired on July 18 and August 1, 2009, these false-color images provide a before-and-after view of the Sitamarhi District of the Indian state of Bihar. The image from August 1 shows swollen waterways and large areas of standing water.
Published Aug 3, 2009India’s Brahmaputra River was already flooded in early August, but those floods turned out to be small compared to the floods that hit the river in early September. The river flooded for the third time in 2007 when monsoon rain pounded northeastern India, Bhutan, and Bangladesh in September.
Published Sep 14, 2007Acquired in November 2008 and 2011, these images compare conditions in Bangkok, where floods crept toward the city center in 2011.
Published Nov 8, 2011Acquired August 1, 2011, and August 6, 2010, these false-color images compare conditions along the James River, a Missouri River tributary, in South Dakota.
Published Aug 2, 2011