![]() ![]() In fact, multiple houses, which were not destroyed by the flood itself, still do not have any functioning heating again, thereby creating enormous challenges for their inhabitants. Consequently, multiple settlements could only be reached by air for a prolonged time. The flood also caused massive damage to the local infrastructure in the affected areas, interrupting communication, electricity, water supplies and railway as well as road infrastructure for prolonged times. Together with victims in North Rhine Westphalia over 180 people were killed by the flood and tens of thousands were affected by the flood, be it due to physical injuries, traumatization and/or massive property loss. In Rhineland-Palatinate alone 133 people fell victim to the flood, with 3 people still missing at the end of September 2021. Within Germany, the federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate were hit particularly hard, suffering enormous loss of life, a very high number of injured people and a staggering amount of material damages. All around this state border there are large blue coloured areas showing the flooding on 12 July 1997.Between the 13 th and the 16 th July 2021 Western and Central Europe was hit by an extreme flooding event, which caused devastating damages. The boundary between the two states is along the Morava river, running from the top to the bottom of the image. The bright area at the bottom right part of the image is the city of Bratislava, on the left bank of the Danube river. This image shows an area at the border between Austria and Slovakia. The flooded areas are located South of these towns: clearly evident are the areas around the town of Veseli on the Morava river (near the centre - bottom part of the image). The town of Olomuc on the Morava is visible in the upper part of the SAR image and the town of Prostajov (on the Valova river) is just below, a little on the left. This image covering the Morava river valley shows large zones along the river covered by water. ![]() The town of Lubien (centre of the image) along the Nysa Klodzka river (left side of the Oder river) was also hit by the flooding. The normal river course is in light blue, while in dark blue are the areas covered by the flood waters. The Oder river is running from the bottom right corner to the upper left one. The town is visible as a bright area at the bottom right corner of the image. This image shows the flooded areas North-west of Opole. Other flooded areas are evident North of Wroclaw (central right part of the second image and clearly visible as a black area in the first image), South-east of the town of Glogow With the chosen band combination the flooded areas appears in blue and where differences in soil moisture have occurred in cyan. This multitemporal image is made with the data from 15 July and 6 May and adding an artificial channel (first principal component) that enhances all the differences between the two acquisitions. ![]() ![]() The light blue tones diffused over the second image depend on the effect of the heavy rain fall during the satellite acquisition. Visible, mainly in the left part of this image, the colour of the water surfaces is dark blue or black this means that these sites are normally covered by water. A large flooding is clearly visible in blue around the Oder river banks between Wroclaw and Scinawa (second image), where the flowing direction of the river has changed from E-W to S-N. The cluster of bright points at the bottom left of the second image represents the town of Legnica. This first image shows the Oder river course from the city of Wroclaw (lower right corner) to the town of Glogow (central left), while the second one shows the area around Wroclaw in more detail. Wroclaw (Poland) - Oder river - 15 July and These ERS images provide views of the flooding in the Czech Republic and Poland.Ĭlick on the thumbnail images to view the full size versions. ![]()
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