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acquired May 10, 2012
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acquired May 9, 2009
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Floods isolated schools and villages
in southeastern Kenya in early May 2012. The Galana River (or Sabaki
River) broke its banks and changed course, news reports said. Roughly
2,000 students were cut off from their schools, and more than 3,000
families were affected by the flooding in the region around Malindi.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua
satellite captured the top image on May 10, 2012. For comparison, the
bottom image shows the same region on May 9, 2009. These images use a
combination of visible and infrared light to better distinguish between
water and land. Water varies from electric blue to navy. Vegetation is
bright green and bare ground is earth-toned. Clouds are pale blue-green
and cast shadows.
Emptying into the Indian Ocean just north of Malindi, the Galana
River appears electric blue in the image from 2012. In places, water
spans kilometers. The same river is not discernible in the image from
2009.
Nairobi-based newspaper The Star also reported severe
flooding elsewhere in Kenya. In Murang’a, northeast of Nairobi, heavy
rains forced evacuations and destroyed crops.
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References
- Chao, S. (2012, May 9) Boy saves villagers from killer floods. Daily Nation. Accessed May 10, 2012.
- Gari A. (2012, May 9) Kenya: Magarini floods lock out 2,000 pupils from school.The Star. Accessed May 10, 2012.
- Mwangi, J. (2012, May 9) Kenya: Murang’a farmers lose as floods sweep crops. The Star. Accessed May 10, 2012.
- Instrument:
- Aqua - MODIS
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