NASA: It is happening now - Está sucediendo ahora - 06-04-11 - Heavy Rain Triggers Landslides in Thailand - Unseasonably Heavy Rain Floods Thailand

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Heavy Rain Triggers Landslides in Thailand

Heavy Rain Triggers Landslides in Thailand

Intense rain triggered widespread landslides in southern Thailand during the last week of March 2011. This photo-like image shows some of the slides in the forested hills of the Krabi province on the western side of the Malay Peninsula. The freshly exposed brown earth and swollen muddy rivers stand out against the deep green forest.
The large image, which covers a much wider area, shows many more landslides, though clouds hide much of the region from view. The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite acquired the image on April 4, 2011.
The landslides occurred because of unseasonably heavy rain, during which more than 1,200 millimeters (47 inches) fell. The ensuing floods and landslides affected more than two million people and killed 53 in 11 Thai provinces, said news reports on April 5. One large slide (mostly under clouds, immediately southeast of the area shown in the web image) buried a village of about 100 households.

  1. References

  2. BBC News. (2011, April 5). Thailand flood death toll rises as rains ease. Accessed April 5, 2011.
  3. The Nation. (2011, April 5). Bt6.1bn relief fund as toll hits 51 dead, 21,000 ill. Accessed April 5, 2011.
  4. The Nation. (2011, April 1). Floods of fury. Accessed April 5, 2011.
  5. The Nation. (2011, March 31). Krabi village swept away. Accessed April 5, 2011.
More images of this event in Natural Hazards
NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using EO-1 ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 team. Caption by Holli Riebeek.
Instrument: 
EO-1 - ALI

Unseasonably Heavy Rain Floods Thailand

Unseasonably Heavy Rain Floods Thailand

Color bar for Unseasonably Heavy Rain Floods Thailand

Normally the end of March brings dry weather to tropical Thailand. In 2011, however, a powerful storm settled over the Malay Peninsula, bringing up to 1,270 millimeters (50 inches) of rain in little over a week. The intense rain flooded 8 provinces, killing 13 and affecting 842,324 people as of April 1, said the government of Thailand.
This image, made from the Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis based on data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite, shows rainfall for March 23–30, 2011. Rainfall totals range from 200 millimeters (8 inches) to more than 1,200 millimeters (47 inches) across the Malay Peninsula. TRMM measured the most rain immediately south of the city of Surat Thani.
According to AccuWeather, the region usually receives 1–3 inches (25–76 mm) of rain in March, though heavy downpours do occur at other times of the year. The unseasonal rain caused landslides and widespread flooding. One landslide, in the Krabi province on the mountainous west side of the peninsula, destroyed a village, leaving 100 people missing, reported the Thai newspaper, the Nation.

  1. References

  2. Andrews, J. (2011, April 1). Thailand flooding follows 50 inches of rain. AccuWeather.com. Accessed April 1, 2011.
  3. Royal Thai Government. (2011, April 1). Thailand: 8 southern provinces inundated. Published on ReliefWeb. Accessed April 1, 2011.
  4. The Nation. (2011, April 1). Floods of fury. Accessed April 1, 2011.
More images of this event in Natural Hazards
NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using near-real-time data provided courtesy of TRMM Science Data and Information System at Goddard Space Flight Center. Caption by Holli Riebeek.
Instrument: 
TRMM - MPA



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