MAAP #57: High Resolution Satellite Images of the Flooding in Peru

April 14, 2017

Image 57. Data: ESRI, INEI, MINAM. Click to enlarge.

In the previous MAAP #56, we showed a series of satellite images of the deadly floods that recently hit northern Peru.

In this report, we show a series of new, very high resolution satellite images (50 cm) of the flooding. They show, in striking detail, some of the local impacts, including to croplands and the Panamerican Highway.

Image 57 shows the 13 rivers that recently overflowed in northern Peru.

Below, we show images of the flooding around four of the rivers, labelled A-D.

Tumbes River

Image 57a shows the flooding along a stretch of the Tumbes River between October 2016 (left panel) and March 2017 (right panel). The yellow inset boxes indicate the areas of the follow-up zooms.

Image 57a. Data: Digital Globe (Nextview)

Inset A1. Data: Digital Globe (Nextview)

Inset A2. Data: Digital Globe (Nextview)

Chira River

Image 57b shows the flooding along a stretch of the Tumbes River between January (left panel) and March 2017 (right panel). The yellow inset boxes indicate the areas of the follow-up zooms.

Image 57b. Data: Digital Globe (Nextview)

Inset B1. Data: Digital Globe (Nextview)

Inset B2. Data: Digital Globe (Nextview)

La Leche River

Image 57c shows the flooding along a stretch of the La Leche River between January (left panel) and March 2017 (right panel). The yellow inset boxes indicate the areas of the follow-up zooms. Note the flooding of the PanAmerican Highway.

Image 57c. Data: Digital Globe (Nextview)

Inset C1. Data: Digital Globe (Nextview)

Jequetepeque River

Image 57d shows the flooding along a stretch of the Jequetepeque River between January (left panel) and March 2017 (right panel). The yellow inset boxes indicate the areas of the follow-up zooms.