MAP: Myanmar - Cyclone "Nargis" - Flood Extent May 8, 2008 - Sheet 3: Pyawbwe Region
12 May 2008
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The map shoes the region around Pyawbwewest with its normal water level derived from LANDSAT-7 ETM of November 7,2000 and inundated areas deducted from TerraSAR-X radar satellite imagery of May 8,2008. Inundated areas may also contain regions which were covered by water before the disaster due to the prevalence of wet-rice cultivation. The results are superimposed on LANDSAT-7 ETM imagery of November 7, 2000.
A Red Cross worker delivers rice to a shelter for displaced people affected by Cyclone Nargis on the edge of Yangon May 12, 2008. Between 1.2 and 1.9 million people have ...
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