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Floods along the Red River: Natural Hazards |
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A combination of heavy rains and melting snow filled the |
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Red River in northeastern North Dakota and western |
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Minnesota. The modis.gsfc.nasa.gov Moderate Resolution |
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Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the terra.nasa.gov/ |
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Terra satellite captured this false-color image of the |
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flooding on April 6, 2004. The blue floodwater is not |
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confined to the land immediately surrounding the river -- |
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overland flooding is also visible. These floods occurred |
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as the rain and melted snow puddled on top of the still- |
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frozen ground. |
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On either side of the river, a grid of tiny squares marks |
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out large agricultural fields. A flat plain initially |
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leveled by giant ice-age glaciers, the Red River Valley |
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often floods in the spring. This year, the flooding began |
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the final week of March, and by April 6, when this image |
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was taken, the waters were slowly receding. Early damage |
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estimates say that clean-up and repair will cost .5 |
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million, according to news reports. |
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Grand Forks, North Dakota, which has reported flood |
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damage, is just beyond the southern edge of this image. |
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The high resolution image shows a broader area that |
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extends down to Fargo, North Dakota, at MODIS' maximum |
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resolution of 250 meters per pixel. |
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Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the |
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rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at |
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NASA GSFC |
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Date Published: 2011-07-24 10:29:54 |
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Identifier: terra_ndakota_06apr04 |
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Item Size: 1565746 |
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Language: eng |
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Media Type: image |
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What -- Terra |
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Where -- North Dakota |
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Where -- Minnesota |
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Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center ... |
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