Storm Justine floods rivers of western France

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 27 January 2020 from 17:55:01 to 17:55:51 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 28 January 2020 from 17:47:18 to 17:48:33 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 02 February 2021 from 05:59:45 to 06:01:00 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 02 February 2021 from 17:55:06 to 17:55:56 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 03 February 2021 from 17:47:24 to 17:49:04 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Emergency, natural disaster, flood, river, precipitations, France
Fig. 1 - S1 (02 & 03.02.2021) - A large part of the Atlantic littoral has been hit by Storm Justine, here the Loire river valley.
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Fig. 2 - S1 (02 & 03.02.2021) - Storm Justine arrived as the soils were already saturated by a rainy month.
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Fig. 3 - S1 (02 & 03.02.2021) - In Aquitaine region, both the Garonne and Dordogne rivers are swollen.
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Fig. 4 - S1 (02 & 03.02.2021) - Deeper inland up to Toulouse, excess runoff fed the Garonne.
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Fig. 5 - S1 (02 & 03.02.2021) - The cities built along the Garonne around Marmande faced their worst flood in decades.
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Fig. 6 - S1 (02 & 03.02.2021) - Fed by the generous precipitations of Atlantic Pyrenees, the Adour also flooded its banks.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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