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   November 16, 2022 - Life-threatening Flooding along Barwon and Darling   
   Rivers, Australia   
      
      Flooding along Barwon and Darling Rivers   
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      Waves of heavy rainfall left vast areas of eastern Australia under   
      water in October and November 2022. By mid-November, swollen rivers   
      flooded landscapes from southern Queensland and New South Wales to   
      northern Victoria. The inundation has damaged cropland, homes, and even   
      taken lives. On November 1, ReliefWeb reported that two people had been   
      reported missing after their car was swept away by floodwaters in   
      Boorowa, New South Wales. Also, from November 2-3, authorities in New   
      South Wales responded to 345 requests for assistance, with 14 flood   
      rescues. At that time, additional rain was anticipated over the region.   
      
      On November 14, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer   
      (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a false-color image of   
      flooding along the Barwon and Darling rivers in New South Wales and   
      close to the border in Queensland. Queensland sits along the northern   
      edge of the image. Water appears light to dark blue. Vegetation is   
      green and bare land is brown. For comparison, the Terra MODIS image   
      acquired on September 30, after rains had begun to fall but before   
      flooding had become severe, sits beneath the November image.   
      
      On November 14, ABC News in Australia reported “Emergency services in   
      New South Wales are facing the largest flood operation in the state's   
      history as more defence force personnel and volunteers from around the   
      world join rescue and relief efforts. Hundreds more homes are expected   
      to go under this week and more than 1,000 people have been evacuated as   
      flood levels rose faster than expected overnight…”. They report more   
      than 200 people had been rescued from floodwater in the past 24 hours   
      and State Emergency Service had received more than 900 calls for help   
      in that time. Volunteer assistance is coming from New Zealand,   
      Singapore, and the United States.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 11/14/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (372.9 KB),  500m (892.5 KB),  250m (526.9   
      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=2022-11-16   
       
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