DFO 2004-181

Flooding: 11/29/04 - 12/06/04

Luzon, Philippines - Pampanga and Cagayan Valleys - Tropical Storm Winnie

 

Detailed Locations:
Eastern Luzon - Quezon Province - Towns: Real, Infanta and General Nakar.
Other provinces: Aurora, Rizal, Camarines Norte and Bulacan. Cagayan, Isabela.

Rivers:
Pampanga, Cagayan

Comments:

Floods and landslides. Parts of three towns buried by logs and earth. Several thousand people stranded on rooftops. 1000 people dead or missing.
Typhoon Nanmadol strikes Quezon area of Luzon on December 2 adding to the flooding and landslides.

MODIS observations:

MODIS observation of flooding along Cagayan and Pampanga rivers on December 4.

 

Dead: 688 Displaced: 170,000 Damages: no data Affected Region ( sq km): 39,970 Severity Class* : 1 Flood Magnitude**: 4.2 MODIS flood inundation limit file names***:
20043390230Luzon181M2.35

 

Map preparation and image analysis: Elaine Anderson

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