DFO 2003-167

Flooding: 07/17/03 - 07/18/03

Southern Mexico

Detailed Locations:
Southern Mexico - Oaxaca State - Sierra Mazateca area: Santa Maria Chilchotla, Santa Ana Ateixtlahuaca, Eloxochitlan

Comments:
More than a week of rain kill 9 people and sweep away "a great number of animals and inflicted heavy damage to agricultural fields"
Dead: 10 Displaced: 200 Damages: no data Affected Region ( sq km): 1,200 Severity Class* : 1 Flood Magnitude**: .2 MODIS flood inundation limit file names***:
July 14- 19 TRMM data showing heavy rain over the Sierra Mazateca area in Oaxaca on July 16 and 17. Red polygon shows location of flooding.
July 14, 2003 July 15, 2003 July 16, 2003
July 17, 2003 July 18, 2003 July 19, 2003

 

 

Map preparation and image analysis: Elaine Anderson

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