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Severe Storms Trigger Floods
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Severe Storms Trigger Floods in Bangladesh |
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Heavy rains over an 8-day span from the 12th through the 20th of April 2004, brought widespread flooding to the Sylhet region in northeastern Bangladesh when the Surma and Kushiyara rivers crested above flood stage. The TRMM-based, near-real time Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center monitors rainfall over the global tropics. MPA rainfall totals for the period 12-20 April 2004 show almost 2 feet of rain (darkest red areas) fell over the Khasi Hills, foothills of the Himalayan Mountains, in the northeastern Indian providences of Assam and Meghalaya. A widespread area of 8-inch rainfall extends from eastern Bangladesh through northeastern Indian and over northern Myanmar (Burma). Such heavy rainfall this time of the year is unusual as the typical rainy season runs from June to September. TRMM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA. Image produced by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC) and caption by Steve Lang (SSAI/NASA GSFC). |
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Severe Storms Trigger Floods
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| Title |
Severe Storms Trigger Floods in Bangladesh |
| Description |
Heavy rains over an 8-day span from the 12th through the 20th of April 2004, brought widespread flooding to the Sylhet region in northeastern Bangladesh when the Surma and Kushiyara rivers crested above flood stage. The TRMM-based, near-real time Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center monitors rainfall over the global tropics. MPA rainfall totals for the period 12-20 April 2004 show almost 2 feet of rain (darkest red areas) fell over the Khasi Hills, foothills of the Himalayan Mountains, in the northeastern Indian providences of Assam and Meghalaya. A widespread area of 8-inch rainfall extends from eastern Bangladesh through northeastern Indian and over northern Myanmar (Burma). Such heavy rainfall this time of the year is unusual as the typical rainy season runs from June to September. TRMM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA. Image produced by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC) and caption by Steve Lang (SSAI/NASA GSFC). |
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Severe Storms Trigger Floods
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Severe Storms Trigger Floods in Bangladesh |
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A series of intense storms have given rise to severe floods in northeastern Bangladesh. By April 20, more than half a million people had been evacuated, and 12 had died in the floods. Bangladesh frequently experiences severe storms during the hot season, and April 2004 has delivered a series of disasters. On April 9 and 10, a strong wind storm took 14 lives and injured nearly 200 when it swept across the country. A few days later, on April 14, two powerful tornadoes flattened over 20 villages in northern Bangladesh, killing at least 76 and injuring over 3,000. Then, on April 19, a severe storm boasting winds of 150 kilometers per hour (93 mph) moved across northeastern Bangladesh, triggering the floods shown in this false-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS) image taken on April 22, by the Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite. Several rivers across the region had swollen past flood stage. Shown here are the Meghna, right, and its flooded tributaries, and the Jamuna, left. Water also flowed down from the Khasi Hills along the border with India. The hills line the top of the flood region in this image. In these images, vegetation is bright green, water is dark blue, and clouds are light blue. The high resolution images provided above are at MODIS? maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel. Part of the reason the storms caused so much destruction is the sheer number of people in the country. With well over 900 people per square kilometer, Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC |
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Severe Storms Trigger Floods
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| Title |
Severe Storms Trigger Floods in Bangladesh |
| Description |
A series of intense storms have given rise to severe floods in northeastern Bangladesh. By April 20, more than half a million people had been evacuated, and 12 had died in the floods. Bangladesh frequently experiences severe storms during the hot season, and April 2004 has delivered a series of disasters. On April 9 and 10, a strong wind storm took 14 lives and injured nearly 200 when it swept across the country. A few days later, on April 14, two powerful tornadoes flattened over 20 villages in northern Bangladesh, killing at least 76 and injuring over 3,000. Then, on April 19, a severe storm boasting winds of 150 kilometers per hour (93 mph) moved across northeastern Bangladesh, triggering the floods shown in this false-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS) image taken on April 22, by the Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite. Several rivers across the region had swollen past flood stage. Shown here are the Meghna, right, and its flooded tributaries, and the Jamuna, left. Water also flowed down from the Khasi Hills along the border with India. The hills line the top of the flood region in this image. In these images, vegetation is bright green, water is dark blue, and clouds are light blue. The high resolution images provided above are at MODIS? maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel. Part of the reason the storms caused so much destruction is the sheer number of people in the country. With well over 900 people per square kilometer, Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC |
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Severe Storms Trigger Floods
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| Title |
Severe Storms Trigger Floods in Bangladesh |
| Description |
A series of intense storms have given rise to severe floods in northeastern Bangladesh. By April 20, more than half a million people had been evacuated, and 12 had died in the floods. Bangladesh frequently experiences severe storms during the hot season, and April 2004 has delivered a series of disasters. On April 9 and 10, a strong wind storm took 14 lives and injured nearly 200 when it swept across the country. A few days later, on April 14, two powerful tornadoes flattened over 20 villages in northern Bangladesh, killing at least 76 and injuring over 3,000. Then, on April 19, a severe storm boasting winds of 150 kilometers per hour (93 mph) moved across northeastern Bangladesh, triggering the floods shown in this false-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS) image taken on April 22, by the Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite. Several rivers across the region had swollen past flood stage. Shown here are the Meghna, right, and its flooded tributaries, and the Jamuna, left. Water also flowed down from the Khasi Hills along the border with India. The hills line the top of the flood region in this image. In these images, vegetation is bright green, water is dark blue, and clouds are light blue. The high resolution images provided above are at MODIS? maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel. Part of the reason the storms caused so much destruction is the sheer number of people in the country. With well over 900 people per square kilometer, Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC |
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