As the New Year rang in, torrential rains swept across Jakarta, Indonesia, bringing the capital’s worst rainfall in more than a decade. On December 31 and January 1, heavy rains poured over the city,...
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NASA's ARIA Team Maps Flooding in the Bahamas
While many NASA missions are tracking Hurricane Dorian as the storm makes its way toward the United States, some researchers are looking at what Dorian has already left behind. The Advanced Rapid...
NASA's ARIA Maps Indonesia Quake, Tsunami Damage
A 7.5-magnitude earthquake on Sept. 28 in northern Indonesia and the devastating tsunami that followed it killed more than 1,400 people and left a large trail of destruction. This map, produced by...
Flood Waters Inundate Coastal Peru (28 Mar 2017)
VIEW IMAGE COMPARISON Heavy rains that began in mid-March have left Peru reeling. More than 70,000 people have lost their homes, according to Reuters, and more than 80 people have died in mudslides...
South Sudan + 8 more
Food Shortages in the Greater Horn of Africa (27 Feb 2017)
Political instability, war, and dry weather has pushed food production systems to the breaking point in several countries in the Greater Horn of Africa. With tens of millions of people already facing...
Mozambique + 3 more
Mozambique: NASA Examines Ex-Tropical Cyclone Dineo's Rainfall (18 Feb 2017)
Map-1: On Feb. 17, NASA's Terra satellite provided this visible image that showed the center of the low pressure area over Zimbabwe and clouds extended over found Dineo's clouds stretched over...
Satellites Capture Different Views of Devastating Fires in Chile (3 Feb 2017)
Wildfires continued to ravage Chile’s countryside in early February 2017, weeks after they flared up in mid-January. The blazes have thwarted firefighters’ efforts to control them, with new hot spots...
Fires Continue in Chile (25 Jan 2017)
Wildfires have consumed roughly 273,000 hectares (1,060 square miles) and killed at least 10 people in Chile, according to news reports. Some outlets are calling it the worst fire outbreak in the...
Fires Blaze in Chile (24 Jan 2017)
Smoke from dozens of forest fires billowed over central Chile in January 2017. A heat wave, coupled with strong winds, spread the flames on January 20, prompting President Michelle Bachelet to...
Floods Swamp Southern Thailand (12 Jan 2017)
VIEW IMAGE COMPARISON Several days of heavy rainfall swamped much of southern Thailand in January 2017. While monsoon-related floods are common in the region, the wet season usually ends in November. ...
Another Typhoon Hits the Philippines (19 Oct 2016)
Within the span of a week, powerful back-to-back typhoons pummeled the Philippines in October. First, Typhoon Sarika made landfall over Luzon on October 15, 2016. Then Typhoon Haima hit the island...
Haiti + 5 more
Hurricane Matthew en route to Florida (6 Oct 2016)
On October 4, 2016, Hurricane Matthew made landfall on Haiti and Cuba. The interaction with land, however, did not do much to weaken the storm. As of October 6, 2016, Matthew had strengthened and was...
Flooding in China (28 July 2016)
VIEW BOTH IMAGES In summer 2016, flooding of historic proportions swamped China. The trouble began in June, when seasonal monsoon rains became torrential and fell day after day after day. Daily...
Bangladesh: The Rains of Roanu (23 May 2016)
Though it never reached hurricane strength, Tropical Storm Roanu made landfall in Bangladesh with deadly consequences. The storm unleashed heavy winds and rain on the country’s populous coastal...
Guatemala: Ash From Fuego Volcano (May 19, 2016)
On May 19, 2016, ash drifted above Fuego, one of Central America’s most active volcanoes. The volcano is located about 70 kilometers (40 miles) west of Guatemala City, Guatemala. The ash column was...
Thailand + 1 more
Heat Wave Hits Thailand, India (4 May 2016)
April in Southeast Asia is usually a hot month, following the cool, dry season and preceding the monsoon season. But April 2016 was not your typical April. Throughout the month, ground-based...
Fiji + 1 more
Fiji: Winston (was 11P- Southwestern Pacific Ocean) - 24 February 2016
NASA Sees Pinhole Eye Seen in Weakening Tropical Cyclone Winston NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite saw that Tropical Cyclone Winston maintained a pinhole eye as it tracked east of southern Vanuatu's...
Paraguay + 3 more
Paraguay: El Niño Fueled Rains Swamp South America (15 Jan 2016)
VIEW BOTH IMAGES Since the middle of 2015, meteorologists have warned that El Niño could bring unusually wet weather to Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, and southern Brazil. The warnings have proven to...
Typhoon Melor Soaks The Philippines (14 Dec 2015)
At 1:20 p.m. local time (0520 Universal Time) on December 14, 2015, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this view of Typhoon Melor over the...
Flooding in Iraq (17 Nov 2015)
VIEW IMAGE COMPARISON In late October 2015, a weather system brought torrential rains to many parts of Iraq, Iran, and other parts of the Middle East. In Iraq, the resulting floods prompted...