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Flooding in the UK

Type of Event:	Flooding
Location of Event:	England and Wales
Date of Charter Activation:	28/06/2007
Charter Requestor:	Environment Agency of the UK
Project Management:	The UK Environment Agency

Description of Event

Heavy rains caused widespread flooding throughout England and Wales. Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the Midlands were particularly hard hit. About 3500 people were evacuated. The BBC reported four dead.

Images and/or Image Products Delivered under the Charter

Radarsat/UK-DMC images, flooding in York area
Source: Radarsat, UK-DMC
Acquired: 03/07/2007 (Radarsat), 14/03/2007 (UK-DMC)
Flood extent in the area of York, derived from Radarsat data by DLR, overlaid on UK-DMC reference map.
Copyright: CSA 2007, DMCii 2007
Image processing, map created 07/07/2007 by Environment Agency of the UK.
Higher resolution version

Radarsat/UK-DMC images, flooding in Doncaster area
Source: Radarsat, UK-DMC
Acquired: 03/07/2007 (Radarsat), 14/03/2007 (UK-DMC)
Flood extent in the area of Docaster, derived from Radarsat data by DLR, overlaid on UK-DMC reference map.
Copyright: CSA 2007, DMCii 2007
Image processing, map created 07/07/2007 by Environment Agency of the UK.
Higher resolution version