DFO 2003-189

Flooding: 08/03/03 - ongoing (as of 09/26/03)

Southern Chad - Rivers feeding Lake Chad

Detailed Locations:
Southern Chad - Salamat, Moyen-Chari, Logone, Tandjile, Mayo-Kebbi, Chari-Baguirmi, Batha

Rivers:
Southern Chad - Salamat, Moyen-Chari, Logone, Tandjile, Mayo-Kebbi, Chari-Baguirmi, Batha

Comments:
No news reports, first detected in Bahr Salamat area by monitoring MODIS imagery on August 3. In early September the rivers feeding lake Chad in southern Chad and northern Cameroon have also become swollen.
QuikSCAT also shows wet conditions in this area for the week ending August 3.
Additional MODIS observations of this flood on August 7, 12, 14, 17, 21, 26, 28, and September 4, 6, 14, 15, 22.
MODIS observations of flooding spreading to south of Lake Chad and Benue River on September 11, 16, 23, 25

Map Notes:
Red polygon shows area of flooding observed by MODIS. Pale blue polygons show QuikSCAT anomalies for week ending August 5.
Dead: no data Displaced: no data Damages: no data Affected Region ( sq km): 439,900 Severity Class* : 1 Flood Magnitude**: 26.6 MODIS flood inundation limit file names***:
20032721210aqChadBenu189Ma2.43
20032561210ChadBatha189Ma2.48
20032520935LChadS189M2.44
20032241205Chad189Ma2.47
20032150915SChad189M2.47
July 31 - August 3- TRMM data showing heavy rain in Salamat area on August 1 and 3. Red polygon shows location of flooding.
July 31, 2003 August 1, 2003 August 2, 2003
August 3, 2003 August 4, 2003 August 6, 2003

 

Map preparation and image analysis: Elaine Anderson

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