Flash flood in Concepcion, Paraguay

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 03 January 2021 at 13:51:11 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 05 January 2021 at 09:19:26 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 17 January 2021 at 09:19:26 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 18 January 2021 at 13:51:09 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Emergency, flash flood, urban planning, river, hydrology, Paraguay
Fig. 1 - S1 (05.01.2021) - Concepción lies in Concepción department in Paraguay, next to the river this country is named after.
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Fig. 2 - S1 (17.01.2021) - View at the beginning of a flash flood event which struck in around 7 districts of the city from 16 January, 2021.
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Fig. 3 - S1 (17.01.2021) - Almost 230 mm of rain fell in the city on 17 January 2021, affecting at least 4000 families.
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Fig. 4 - S2 (03.01.2021) - River Ypané before the flood.
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Fig. 5 - S2 (18.01.2021) - Levels of its parent, the Paraguay River jumped from around 1.6m on 17 January to 2.28m the following day.
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Excess water is mostly visible over bare soil, at this point the water level was mostly below the top of the vegetation.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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