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   September 13, 2022 - Flooding in Cameroon   
      
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      A travel website describes Cameroon as, “Africa’s throbbing heart, a   
      sultry mosaic of active volcanoes, white-sand beaches, thick rainforest   
      and magnificent parched landscapes broken up by the bizarre rock   
      formation of the Sahel”. With a richly divergent landscape packed into   
      a country slightly larger than the U.S. state of California, the   
      country sits in West-Central Africa, nestled between Nigeria in the   
      west; Chad in the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east;   
      then Republic of Congo, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea in the south. It   
      also enjoys almost 14 miles of coastline along the Gulf of Guinea. The   
      population, which tends to be young—60 percent are under 25 years of   
      age, according to the CIA World Factbook—live primarily in the western   
      coastal area and the north. In addition to the normal population, more   
      than 500,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) and about 70,000   
      Nigerian refugees live in the north, near the borders with Nigeria and   
      Chad.   
      
      The northern part of the country enjoys a warm, tropical climate. The   
      dry season brings sunshine and hot temperatures from October to May.   
      Each year, rains begin to fall in June and continue through September.   
      Floods are common in the rainy season, as rivers swell and spill into   
      the floodplains. At times, the flooding can be catastrophic.   
      
      The 2022 rainy season in Cameroon started early and vigorously, with   
      flash floods in Bamenda, the capital of North West Region, killing two   
      people on June 26. By June 30, flooding in Yaoundé, capital of   
      Cameroon, killed at least one other person. On August 11, a   
      rain-triggered landslide in Widikum, North West Region, killed five   
      people and injured several more. On that date, floods also inundated   
      parts of the South West Region and caused widespread damage.   
      
      On September 12, the Voice of America (VOA) reported that weeks of   
      flooding along the northern borders with Chad and Nigeria was so severe   
      that Cameroon’s officials say that entire villages have been swept   
      away, leaving thousands homeless. The August and September floods have   
      devastated cropland in the north, which is considered a breadbasket for   
      the region, raising concerns of hunger following the floods, especially   
      if the rains delay the new planting season that begins in October. VOA   
      also reports that Christophe Bring, the head of department for studies   
      and projects at Cameroon’s environment ministry, “said the ongoing   
      floods in northern Cameroon are caused by heavy rainfall resulting from   
      tropical weather disruptions, deforestation and improper agricultural   
      practices. He said thousands of families have gone homeless because   
      they constructed houses and settlements in flood plains."   
      
      The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board   
      NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a false-color image of severe flooding   
      in northern Cameroon on September 7, 2022. Using the NASA Worldview   
      App, we compare this image with an Aqua MODIS image acquired of the   
      same area on August 6, 2022. To visualize the comparison, simply click   
      on the arrow on the image and move your cursor back and forth. Although   
      rains had already caused flooding in some areas on August 6, the change   
      in widespread inundation only a month later is obvious.   
      
      Scientists use this type of false color image, which uses visible light   
      and near infrared light (MODIS bands 7,2,1) to help separate water,   
      which appears deep blue, from vegetation, which looks bright green.   
      Open or sparsely vegetated land looks tan while cloud may look white or   
      tinted with electric blue.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 9/7/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (360.1 KB),  500m (969.6 KB),  250m (587.6   
      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=2022-09-13   
       
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