Shebelle river flood spreads from Ethiopia to Somalia

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 14 April 2020 from 15:15:52 to 15:16:17 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 26 April 2020 from 15:15:52 to 15:16:17 UTC
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Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 03 May 2020 at 02:44:54 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 09 May 2020 from 02:45:24 to 02:45:49 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): River, flooding, precipitations, Ethiopia, Somalia.
Fig. 1 - S1 (14.04.2020) - Shebelle river before the flood, Ethiopia lies at NW, Somalia at SE. Blue areas are mostly radar absorbing features.
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Fig. 2 - S1 (27.04.2020) - Relief x3 - Areas at north-west that turned blue show where the flood started
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Fig. 3 - S1 (09.05.2020) - The Shebelle flood spread downstream, reaching Somalia in May.
3D animation 3D view
Fig. 4 - S1 - red: 27.04.2020; green: 03.05.2020; blue: 09.05.2020 - Areas flooded on 27.04 show in black; on 03.05 in blue; on 09.05 in cyan.
3D view
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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