Flooding in Abidjan

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 06 June 2018 at 18:34:18 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 18 June 2018 at 18:34:19 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Hydrology, urban planning, rainfalls, infrastructure, emergency, natural disaster, hydrology, precipitations, Ivory Coast
Fig. 1 - Szntinel-1 CSAR (18.06.2018) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) colour composite, relief x10 - View of Abidjan.
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Following intense rainfalls, flooding killed at least 18 people in Abidjan, mostly in districts lying in depressions.
Fig. 2 - Animation between the 06 & the 18.06.2018 - Lagunes Adjin & Potou, North-East of Abidjan.
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Fig. 3 - Animation between the 06 & the 18.06.2018 - Attécoubé Mossikro, west of Abidjan.
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Locals blame defective water drainage systems and Abidjan anarchic urbanization, that does not take topography into account.
Fig. 4 - Animation between the 06 & the 18.06.2018 - Riviera & Palmeraie districts in Abidjan.
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Fig. 5 - Animation between the 06 & the 18.06.2018 - Port Bouet, Abidjan sea coast.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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