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Flooding in India

Type of Event:	Floods
Location of Event:	India, states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
Date of Charter Activation:	06/08/2007
Charter Requestor:	ISRO
Project Management:	NRSA

Description of Event

The worst floods in 30 years hit Uttar Pradesh and Bihar as unusually intense rains in Nepal persisted, swelling rivers coming out of the Himalayas and causing extensive damage to dams and infrastructure. Estimates are of 200 dead and 12 million people affected.

Additional data

Flood water over the affected state of Bihar, India.
Source: MODIS Terra & Aqua (NASA),
resolution 250m - 500m
Acquired: 1-10 May 2007, 22 August 2007
Copyright: UNOSAT
Image processing, map created 07/08/2007 by UNOSAT.
Higher resolution version

Flood water over the affected State of Assam, India.
Source: MODIS Terra & Aqua (NASA),
resolution 250m - 500m
Acquired: 1-10 May 2007, 2-5 August 2007
Copyright: UNOSAT
Image processing, map created 07/08/2007 by UNOSAT.
Higher resolution version

Additional data and higher-resolution imagery is available at:

http://unosat.web.cern.ch/unosat/asp/prod_free.asp?id=84