Over 500 km2 flooded in Mozambique and Malawi

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 04 February 2022 at 07:30:09 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 26 February 2022 from 03:08:08 to 03:08:58 UTC
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Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 17 March 2022 from 03:00:06 to 03:00:31 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 21 March 2022 at 07:26:21 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Flooding, natural disaster, emergency, cyclone, precipitation, rainfall, Mozambique, Malawi
Fig. 1 - S1 (26.02.2022, 03 & 05.03.2022) - On 11 March, cat.3 cyclone Gombe made landfall in Mozambique, with strong winds & heavy rain
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Fig. 2 - S1 (15, 17 & 22.03.2022) - Satellite imagery shows over 500 km² of land in Nampula and Zambezia provinces was under water.
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Fig. 3 - As of 18 March, the storm affected +550 000, it caused 53 deaths, injured 80 people & displaced +125 000 others.
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Fig. 4 - S2 (21.03.2022) - It also destroyed health centres, school buildings, electricity poles and almost 1000 km of roads.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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