Torrential rainfalls over Qatar

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 12 October 2018 at 07:08:21 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 22 October 2018 at 07:09:31 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Emergency, natural disaster, flooding, storm, precipitations, Qatar
Fig. 1 - S2 (12 & 22.10.2018) - 11,8,2 colour composite - Thunderstorms & torrential rain caused floods across Qatar.
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Fig. 2 - 4,3,2 natural colour - Parts of Qatar faced up to 8cm of rain in a day, one year-worth of precipitations.
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Fig. 3 - 11,8,2 colour composite - The lack of topography limited flash floods but also prevented water evacuation.
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Fig. 4 - Water accumulated in sandy depressions, often where the little natural vegetation can be found.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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