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Floods in Thailand
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Floods in Thailand |
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Widespread flooding swept through central and northern Thailand from August through October 2006, in response to seasonal monsoon rains. Though monsoon floods are normal, 2006 saw exceptional flooding. By October 25, flood waters surrounded the country's capital, Bangkok. In these images, the city stretches out from the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River in a tan grid. Water, dark blue and black, encroaches on the city from all sides. The largest floods are in the north along the Chao Phraya, but additional floods pool on the east side of the city. According to The Nation, a Bangkok newspaper, floods throughout the country had impacted more than three million people and killed 104 people from late August through October 21. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite took both of the above images. The lower image, from September 5, shows the Bangkok area before the floods had extended to the region. Both images were made with visible and infrared light to highlight the presence of water. In this type of image, plant-covered land is bright green, lightly or non-vegetated land is tan, clouds are pale blue and white, and water is dark blue or black. Fires have been outlined in red. The MODIS Rapid Response Team provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_Indochina/2006298 ] of Thailand in both false color, such as the images shown here, and photo-like, natural color. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Floods in Thailand
| Title |
Floods in Thailand |
| Description |
Widespread flooding swept through central and northern Thailand from August through October 2006, in response to seasonal monsoon rains. Though monsoon floods are normal, 2006 saw exceptional flooding. By October 25, flood waters surrounded the country's capital, Bangkok. In these images, the city stretches out from the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River in a tan grid. Water, dark blue and black, encroaches on the city from all sides. The largest floods are in the north along the Chao Phraya, but additional floods pool on the east side of the city. According to The Nation, a Bangkok newspaper, floods throughout the country had impacted more than three million people and killed 104 people from late August through October 21. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite took both of the above images. The lower image, from September 5, shows the Bangkok area before the floods had extended to the region. Both images were made with visible and infrared light to highlight the presence of water. In this type of image, plant-covered land is bright green, lightly or non-vegetated land is tan, clouds are pale blue and white, and water is dark blue or black. Fires have been outlined in red. The MODIS Rapid Response Team provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_Indochina/2006298 ] of Thailand in both false color, such as the images shown here, and photo-like, natural color. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Floods in Thailand
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Floods in Thailand |
| Description |
Captured on the morning of October 15, 2006, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite, this bird's-eye view of Southeast Asia reveals remarkably extensive flooding on rivers throughout northern and central Thailand. The country was inundated with floods from late August to early October after unusually heavy monsoon rains and Typhoon Xangsane [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13917 ] pounded the region. By mid-October, nearly every major river was swollen, including the Chao Phraya, which runs through the country's capital, Krung Thep (Bangkok). Also along the Chao Phraya, about ninety kilometers north of Krung Thep (near the river's name in the image), is Ayutthaya. The Siamese capital from 1350 to 1767 and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, [ http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=576 ] the ancient city had been inundated with floods, reported Agence France Presse. [ http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200610/s1764947.htm ] The floods threatened to destroy 25 Buddhist temples, forts, and pagodas, said AFP. To the east, the Mun and Chi Rivers also threatened historical and religious sites, said The Nation, a Bangkok newspaper, which called the floods the worst in a decade. Elsewhere in the top image, the Yom, Nan, and Pa Sak Rivers are also flooded. The lower image shows Thailand on September 4, 2006, before September and October's monsoon rains and typhoon. While the Yom and the Nan Rivers were flooded from earlier monsoon rains, the other rivers in the country were at their normal levels. The lightning-shaped black streaks formed by the flooded rivers in the top image were not present. Both images were made with visible and infrared light to create a greater contrast between the flooded rivers and the plant-covered land. In these images, water is black or dark blue. Vegetated land is green, and lightly vegetated or bare land is tan. Clouds are pale blue and white. Fires have been marked with red dots. The MODIS Rapid Response Team provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_Indochina/2006288 ] of Thailand in both false color, such as the images shown here, and photo-like, natural color. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Floods in Thailand
| Title |
Floods in Thailand |
| Description |
Captured on the morning of October 15, 2006, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite, this bird's-eye view of Southeast Asia reveals remarkably extensive flooding on rivers throughout northern and central Thailand. The country was inundated with floods from late August to early October after unusually heavy monsoon rains and Typhoon Xangsane [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13917 ] pounded the region. By mid-October, nearly every major river was swollen, including the Chao Phraya, which runs through the country's capital, Krung Thep (Bangkok). Also along the Chao Phraya, about ninety kilometers north of Krung Thep (near the river's name in the image), is Ayutthaya. The Siamese capital from 1350 to 1767 and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, [ http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=576 ] the ancient city had been inundated with floods, reported Agence France Presse. [ http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200610/s1764947.htm ] The floods threatened to destroy 25 Buddhist temples, forts, and pagodas, said AFP. To the east, the Mun and Chi Rivers also threatened historical and religious sites, said The Nation, a Bangkok newspaper, which called the floods the worst in a decade. Elsewhere in the top image, the Yom, Nan, and Pa Sak Rivers are also flooded. The lower image shows Thailand on September 4, 2006, before September and October's monsoon rains and typhoon. While the Yom and the Nan Rivers were flooded from earlier monsoon rains, the other rivers in the country were at their normal levels. The lightning-shaped black streaks formed by the flooded rivers in the top image were not present. Both images were made with visible and infrared light to create a greater contrast between the flooded rivers and the plant-covered land. In these images, water is black or dark blue. Vegetated land is green, and lightly vegetated or bare land is tan. Clouds are pale blue and white. Fires have been marked with red dots. The MODIS Rapid Response Team provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_Indochina/2006288 ] of Thailand in both false color, such as the images shown here, and photo-like, natural color. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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