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Flooding of The Red River

Instruments:
May 26, 2015
March 23, 2015
Flooding of The Red River
Flooding of The Red River
Flooding of The Red River
Flooding of The Red River
May 26, 2015
March 23, 2015

March 23-May 26, 2015

Flooding of The Red River

Record-setting rainfall in the southern United States has sent several rivers and lakes over their banks and caused extensive damage in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and other areas.
Flooding of The Red River
Flooding of The Red River

On May 26, 2015, the

Operational Land Imager

on the

Landsat 8

satellite acquired a natural-color image of flooding along the Red River, which forms part of the state border between Texas and Oklahoma. For comparison, the same area is also shown on March 23, 2015.

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NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey . Caption by Mike Carlowicz.

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