Mahanadi & Sankh rivers overflow Indian east coast

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 27 August 2018 at 12:20:05 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 08 September 2018 at 12:20:05 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 12 September 2018 at 04:36:49 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Atmosphere, hydrology, climate, disaster, emergency, monsoon rain, precipitation, river, erosion, sediment, alluvium
Fig. 1 - S1 (27.08.2018) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) colour composite - Monsoon precipitations have caused Mahanadi & Sankh rivers to overflow.
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Fig. 2 - S1 (08.09.2018) - Being called 'the sorrow of Orissa', Mahanadi was notorious for its devastating floods,
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Fig. 3 - S2 (12.09.2018) - 4,3,2 colour composite - 4 days later, muddy water persists over most flooded areas.
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Fig. 4 - 11,8,2 colour composite - Hirakud Dam adjusts Mahanadi's flow that varies upstream from a narrow channel to that of the Ganges.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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