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[STORMREPORTS] Flooding along the White Nile, Sudan (Aug 3-11)

From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Sat Aug 16 2003 - 10:26:18 EDT

Precipitaton accumulation imagery available.

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/hazards/index.html#Flooding

"In Sudan, heavy rains during the 1st-3rd produced flooding that was blamed
for at least 20 deaths across the country (Reuters). Flooding along the
Gash river near Kassala, which is located about 450 km (280 miles) east of
the capital city of Khartoum, was described as the worst in 70 years."

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=11161

"Heavy rains in Sudan flooded the White Nile between August 3-11, 2003.
This pair of images from the <http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov>Moderate
Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the
<http://terra.nasa.gov/>Terra (right) and <http://aqua.nasa.gov>Aqua (left)
satellites shows the river on June 19 (left) and August 11 (right), swollen
from rains. The area between the White Nile and the Blue Nile to the east
is dotted with pools of standing water as well. In these images, water is
blue, vegetation is bright green, naturally bare soil and low vegetation
are tan and drab green, and clouds are light blue and white. The flooding
has displaced 13,000 people, leaving more than 3,000 homeless, and
destroying crops. " 

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