Title

Flooding in Bolivia (March, 2014)

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Abstract

This layer shows a rapid response mapping of the 2014 Flooding in Bolivia based on information from NASA's MODIS and Landsat 8 satellite images. This flooding event was the worst in 60 years and submerged villages, ruined crops and destroyed homes. According to media reports, floodwaters killed at least 60 people and damaged the homes of more than 60,000. Large numbers of livestock were also affected. Preliminary estimates suggest at least 100,000 cattle were killed by floods, and hundreds of thousands more were threatened by starvation.

For more information, visit Dartmouth Flood Observatory's page: https://floodobservatory.colorado.edu/RapidResponse/2014Bolivia4117/2014Bolivia.html

Pubblication Date

March 11, 2017, 8:46 p.m.

Type

Raster Data

Keywords

Disaster , Flood

Category

Water-related disasters

Water-related disasters include floods, droughts, landslides, storms and waterborne disease outbreaks, which are expected to increase in frequency and intensity.

Regions

South America , Bolivia

Responsible

Tales.Carvalho-Resende

Group

Theme 2: Groundwater

DOI

10.29104/WINS.L.0136.2018

Restrictions

Unless otherwise specified, no restriction applies.

Edition

Brakenridge, G.R., Slayback, D., Kettner, A.J.,Policelli, F., De Groeve, T., and Cohen, S. (2014). Rapid Response mapping and measurement of the 2014 flooding in Bolivia, Dartmouth Flood Observatory, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA

Language

English

Temporal Extent

March 1, 2014, 10:56 a.m. - March 31, 2014, 9:56 a.m.

Supplemental Information

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