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   August 30, 2022 - Deadly Flooding in Pakistan   
      
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      Severe monsoon rains have battered Pakistan since mid-June 2022,   
      creating a massive disaster that has affected about 30 million people.   
      According to the Pakistan National Disaster Management Authority   
      (NDMA), as of August 29 an estimated 1,136 people have died since June   
      14 and additional 1,634 have been injured. Floodwaters have damaged   
      more than 3,400 km (2,113 miles) of roads—more than the straight-line   
      north-to-south distance across the United States from its border with   
      Alberta, Canada and the Mexico border. The NDMA reported that 162   
      bridges and 170 shops have been damaged and 735,375 livestock have   
      died.   
      
      Reliefweb, a publication of the UN Office for the Coordination of   
      Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) states that floods have affected   
      Balochistan, Sindh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Punjab, Azad Jammu and Kashmir,   
      and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) provinces of Pakistan. As of August 29,   
      they report that around 1 million houses are totally or partially   
      damaged, leaving behind millions in need of urgent shelter.   
      
      The weather forecast calls for mainly dry weather over most of Pakistan   
      for the next 24 hours. However, isolated thunderstorm activity and rain   
      is expected along the upper catchment of all major rivers in the   
      country, and this may add to flood conditions over the next several   
      days.   
      
      Today’s Image of the Day is a roll-over comparison of two false-color   
      images of the Indus River and adjacent floodplain in the Sindh province   
      of Pakistan. The two images were acquired by the Moderate Resolution   
      Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite on   
      two different days—August 27, 2022, and August 27, 2021. The comparison   
      is provided by NASA’s Worldview App. To best use the roll-over feature,   
      click on the arrow and slide your cursor to the right or left. Clicking   
      on either image will allow moving only the image, with the comparison   
      bar remaining stationary.   
      
      This type of false-color image uses infrared and visible light (MODIS   
      bands 7,2,1) to help distinguish water from land. Water appears various   
      shades of blue, depending on depth and any sediment in the water, with   
      the deepest water looking the darkest. Vegetation looks bright green   
      while open or sparsely vegetated land looks tan. Cloud ranges from   
      white to electric blue.   
      
      These images clearly show the difference between the more normal   
      monsoon season of 2021, when the flood plains near the Indus were green   
      and the river remained within its banks, and the catastrophic and   
      deadly inundation of the 2022 monsoon.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 8/27/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (461.5 KB),  500m (1.2 MB),  250m (830.1 KB)   
      Bands Used: 7,2,1   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-08-30   
       
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