Title

Flooding in Pakistan (August, 2010)

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Abstract

This layer shows NASA's Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite images of Pakistan on August 11, 2010, after two weeks of flooding had devastated the country.

By early August 2010, two weeks of devastating monsoon rains had transformed the landscape of Pakistan, pushing rivers over their banks, inundating villages, washing away bridges and roads, destroying crops, and killing livestock. By August 12, 2010, more than 1,600 people had perished, according to news reports, and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimated that more than 14 million people had been affected in some way.

For more information, visit NASA's Earth Observatory page: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=45200

Pubblication Date

March 11, 2017, 8:01 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

Pakistan , Southeast Asia

Responsible

Tales.Carvalho-Resende

Group

Theme 2: Groundwater

Restrictions

Unless otherwise specified, no restriction applies.

Edition

NASA Earth Observatory image (2010). Flooding in Pakistan (August, 2010). Washington, USA: NASA. Retrieved from http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=45200

Language

English

Temporal Extent

Aug. 1, 2010, 9:52 a.m. - Aug. 31, 2010, 9:52 a.m.

Supplemental Information

NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Michon Scott.

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