Floods in Northeast Brazil

The swollen Piranhas and Apodi Rivers, barely visible in satellite images from mid-March 2008, flow dark blue over the bright green, plant-covered landscape of northeastern Brazil in early April 2008. The two rivers were among many that overflowed in this normally dry corner of Brazil in the wake of heavy rains in March and April.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Floods in Northeast Brazil.

NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC, which produces daily images of northeastern Brazil. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published April 9, 2008
Data acquired April 6, 2008