DFO 2004-058

Flooding: 4/12/04 - ongoing as of 4/20/04

Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Romania - Spring Flooding

Danube Tributaries

Detailed Locations:
Northwest and central Bosnia - Travnik (Nova Bila, Turbe). Vitez, Bugojno, Jajce, Gornji Vakuf, and Donji Vakuf. Srbac municipality. Hrvatska Kostajnica.
Croatia - Lipik, Pakrac.
Western Romania - Mures and Crisu valleys.

Rivers:
Vrbas, Lasva, Sava, Sana, Bosna, Una, Drava
Romania - Mures and Crisu and their tributaries

Comments:
Thousands of homes flooded, several villages cut off in Bosnia.
10,000 hectares of land and 10 villages inundated in Srbac municipality.
MODIS observation of flooding on the Sava river on April 16.
MODIS observation of flooding along the Mures and Crisu rivers on April 9, 15, 16, 20.
Dead: 0 Displaced: 1,200 Damages: no data Affected Region ( sq km): 105,000 Severity Class* : 1 Flood Magnitude**: 6.3 MODIS flood inundation limit file names***:
20041070950Sava058M2.37
20041071130Rom058Ma2.44
20041060905Rom058M2.38
20041000940Crisu058M2.39

 

Map preparation and image analysis: Elaine Anderson

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