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Floods Along the Ohio River

Heavy rain and snow swelled the rivers of Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky, pushing many past flood stage during the first two weeks of January 2005. The flooding occurred after several days of rain and snow fell on the already saturated ground of the U.S. Midwest. Since the water could not be absorbed into the soaked ground, it ran off as flood water. The storms were followed by warm temperatures, which melted the snow and produced further flooding. By January 17, some of the flooding had started to recede, but large tracts of land along the Ohio and Wabash Rivers were still under water.


NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. The images are available in additional resolutions.

Published January 19, 2005
Data acquired November 25, 2004 - January 17, 2005

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
Terra > MODIS