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Floods Swamp Bangladesh
Monsoon rains have overwhelmed villages, inundated crops, and displaced
hundreds of 1000s of people.
Adam Voiland.
NASA Earth Observatory
24 Jun 2022
May 8, 2022
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June 22, 2022
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NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using MODIS data from
NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview.
Torrential monsoon rains, lightning, and landslides are common in
Bangladesh and the northeastern Indian states of Assam and Meghalaya
during the summer. But the intensity of the severe weather that
pummeled the low-lying region in mid-June 2022 stands out.
After weeks of downpours, flooding has swamped mns of homes and
displaced 100s of 1000s of people in India and Bangladesh,
according to reports from humanitarian agencies. Officials from the
hard-hit Sylhet region of Bangladesh have called the floods the worst
to hit the area in more than a century.
The images above show northeast Bangladesh and India on May 8 (left)
and June 22 (right). These false-color images, acquired with the
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua
satellite, combine infrared and visible light (bands 7-2-1) to make it
easier to see the boundary between water and land. Water appears navy
blue and black; clouds are white or cyan; and vegetation is bright
green.
On June 22, the Bangladesh Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre
reported water levels along the Surma River in Sylhet were at or above
"danger level" at several locations. About half of the croplands in
Sylhet have flooded, according to the Dhaka Times.
Instrument:
Aqua -- MODIS
See Also:
2022 Floods in the Northern Hemisphere
Red River Flooding is Worst in a Decade
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and summer can send rivers out of their banks.
Catastrophic Flooding in Yellowstone
Living with Floods in the Innoko Lowlands
References & Resources
* Dhaka Tribune (2022, June 18) State Minister: Sylhet, Sunamganj
floods worst in 122 years. Accessed June 23, 2022.
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* Floodlist (2022, June 21) Bangladesh Severe Floods in North Affect
4.2 Million and Displace 90,000. Accessed June 23, 2022.
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https://floodlist.com/asia/bangladesh-floods-update-june-2022>
* Floodlist (2022, June 21) India Floods Affect Nearly 5 Million in
Assam, Over 200,000 Displaced. Accessed June 23, 2022.
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https://floodlist.com/asia/india-assam-floods-update-june-2022>
* Floodlist (2022, June 15) India Deadly Landslide and Flash Floods in
Guwahati, Assam. Accessed June 23, 2022.
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https://floodlist.com/asia/india-landslide-floods-guwahati-assam-june-2022>
* ReliefWeb (2022, June 23) Bangladesh: Floods and Landslides May
2022. Accessed June 23, 2022.
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https://reliefweb.int/disaster/fl-2022-000217-bgd>
* ReliefWeb (2022, June 23) India: Floods and Landslides May
2022. Accessed June 23, 2022.
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https://reliefweb.int/disaster/fl-2022-000213-ind>
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