Saturday, April 25, 2015

Ohio River Flooding Visible from Space, NASA Satellites Show

This year's spring thaw sent the Ohio River to its highest levels in nearly two decades after torrential rains and melting snow soaked the valley. The GIF above shows two satellite images taken a year apart, and you can see the difference.
Last week, the river crested at 57.7 feet, a level unseen since 1997, which led to five homes flooding in New Richmond, which sits along the north bank of the river in southeast Ohio.
(MORE: Flooding in the Ohio River Valley)
The GIF above is made of two images from NASA's Aqua satellite, taken one year apart.
When you compare the two images, which capture 260 miles worth of the Ohio River Valley, the significance of the flooding becomes clear.
In the Northeast, where several states remain layered in snow, similar flooding could occur if spring's rising temperatures melt the snowpack quickly.

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