DFO 2004-052

Flooding: 3/30/04 - ongoing as of 4/9/04

Central Russia and Belarus - Spring Flooding

Dnepr Tributaries

Detailed Locations:
Russia - Central and Volga-Ural regions - Bryansk, Bezhitsky, Tver, Chelyabinsk, Moscow, Novgorod, Mordovia
Belarus - Pripyat valley

Rivers:
Russia - Dnepr Tributaries. Desna, Bolva, Bersuat, Obsha, Oka, Polist, Moksha. Ural.
Belarus - Pripyat

Comments:
332 houses inundated in Bezhitsky and Bryansk regions.
"Desna and Bolva Rivers are 97-138 centimetres higher than the critical mark"
MODIS observation of high levels on the Desna and other Dnepr tributaries on March 30, April 1, 3, 4.
Flooding observed along Ural river near Orenburg - April 9.
Dead: 0 Displaced: 1,200 Damages: no data Affected Region ( sq km): 840,000 Severity Class* : 1 Flood Magnitude**: 22.0 MODIS flood inundation limit file names***:
20040990720Urals052M2.22
20040950920Pripyat052M2.28
20040940840Moscow052M2.26
20040941025Desna052Ma2.34
20040930935UPripy052M2.27
20040900905Desna052M2.29

 

Map preparation and image analysis: Elaine Anderson

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