The higher Congo river overflows its banks, DRC

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 16 August 2019 at 08:06:11 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 19 August 2019 at 08:16:11 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 09 March 2020 from 03:46:20 to 03:46:49 UTC
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Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 01 May 2020 from 03:54:17 to 03:55:07 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Emergency, precipitations, rain, wet season, river flooding, urban planning, DRC, Democratic Republic of Congo
Fig. 1 - S1 (09 & 14.03.2020) - Ankoro lies at the junction of the Lualaba river, the greater "source" of the Congo & the Luvua River.
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Fig. 2 - S1 (26.04.2020 & 01.05.2020) - The flood of these rivers has damaged 2550 houses in the Manono territory.
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Fig. 3 - S2 (16 & 19.08.2019) - In the higher Congo regions, at least 600 000 have been affected by the flood, 100 000 of them slept outside.
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Fig. 4 - S2 (25 & 27.04.2020) - Tens to thousands of pupils are being left without school for weeks.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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