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Floods in West Africa: Natural Hazards

eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/19000/19086/Mali_TMO_2007206_lrg.jpg July 25, 2007 (3.34 MB JPG) Like many other countries in Africa's Sahel region, Mali was flooded on September 15, 2007, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ( modis.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS ) on NASA's terra.nasa.gov/ Terra satellite captured the top image. Heavy rains pushed the converging Niger and Bani Rivers over their banks and filled the surrounding wetlands with water. In this false-color image, made with infrared and visible light, water is black or dark blue, in contrast to the pale tan earth …