Monsoon floods in lower Niger Basin

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 16 August 2018 from 17:53:06 to 17:54:46 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 18 August 2018 at 17:37:28 UTC
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Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 03 October 2018 from 17:53:07 to 17:54:47 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Emergency, natural disaster, climate, land, river, flooding, rain, precipitations, Nigeria
Fig. 1 - S1 (11, 16, 18 & 21.09.2018) - vh polarisation, σ0 with colour map - Overflowing Niger & tributaries across Nigeria.
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Niger flood displaced over 600000 people and killed at least 108. Venomous snakes fleeing the flood could significantly worsen the toll as in 2012.
Fig. 2 - 09.09.2018 - Niger river flooding between Nigeria frontier & Kaduna tributary.
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Fig. 3 - 11 & 18.09.2018 - Further east, Benoue tributary between the confluence with Gondola (higher) & Katsina Ala (lower).
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Fig. 4 - 22.09.2018 & 03.10.2018 - Lower Niger River and delta mouth to the Atlantic Ocean.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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