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   May 7, 2022 - Flooding in Valencia   
      
      Flooding in Valencia   
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      According to several travel websites, the best time to visit Valencia,   
      Spain is in April and May, the sun-filled days that are the “sweet spot   
      full of warm weather and void of crazy crowds”. Whatever the average   
      spring weather (and despite Valencia enjoying 300 sunny days each year,   
      on average), the spring of 2022 has been extremely unkind to visitors   
      and residents.   
      
      After an exceptionally wet spring, in which the Valencia region   
      received 19.01 inches (483 mm) of rain since March 1, a severe storm   
      brought torrential rain to the southern half of Spain in early May,   
      causing extreme flooding which shut down roads, blocked tunnels, and   
      caused some residents to require rescue from the rising waters.   
      According to AccuWeather, within the first three days of May, Valencia   
      recorded 8.58 inches of rain. This is more than five times the month’s   
      average amount of rain. Then, on May 4, the deluge somehow worsened to   
      drench the city with the highest 24-hour rainfall total for the month   
      of May since 1871, with 7.92 inches (201.1 mm) of rainfall recorded on   
      that day.   
      
      On May 5, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on   
      board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a false-color image of the   
      Valencia region. This type of false-color image uses visible and   
      infrared light (MODIS bands 7,2, and 1) to help separate water from   
      land and vegetation: water appears dark blue, vegetation is bright   
      green, open land looks tan, and gray pixels mark cities. In this image,   
      the large city of Valencia can be seen along the coast of the   
      Mediterranean Sea, just north of the lagoon of the Albufera National   
      Park. Although it is difficult to appreciate the flooding in the gray   
      pixels, the southern wetlands near the towns found in the Pobles del   
      Sud region are heavily inundated.   
      
      This one image adequately shows extensive flooding, but to better   
      appreciate the amount of change over time it is helpful to compare two   
      images taken at different times. Thanks to the NASA Worldview App, it   
      is simple compare the image acquired by Aqua MODIS on May 5, just after   
      the peak of the floods and one acquired by Aqua MODIS on April 17,   
      prior to the most torrential May rains. To view the roll-over   
      comparison, simply click  here   
      
      The NASA Worldview app provides a satellite's perspective of the planet   
      as it looks today and as it has in the past through daily satellite   
      images. Worldview is part of NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and   
      Information System. EOSDIS makes the agency's large repository of data   
      accessible and freely available to the public.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 5/5/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (98.2 KB),  500m (209.6 KB),  250m (118.8   
      KB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-05-07   
       
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