DFO 2003-154

Flooding: 06/28/03 - 07/02/03

Uruguay

Detailed Locations:
Southern and eastern Uruguay - Canelones state

Comments:
June 30: Heavy storms in southern and eastern Uruguay since June 27. "floods have swept off large areas of crops and interrupted land transport"
Dead: 1 Displaced: 300 Damages: no data Affected Region ( sq km): 6,900 Severity Class* : 1 Flood Magnitude**: 1.3 MODIS flood inundation limit file names***:
June 25 - 29 TRMM data showing heavy rain over Southern Uruguay on June 26 and 27. Red polygon shows location of flooding.
June 25, 2003 June 26, 2003 June 27, 2003
 
June 28, 2003 June 29, 2003  

 

 

Map preparation and image analysis: Elaine Anderson

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