Heavy rains in eastern Algeria over the past few weeks have led to flooding that has killed more than 30 people and left hundreds homeless. This false-color image of Algeria (bottom) was taken on August 29, 2002, by the modis.gsfc.nasa.gov Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA's terra.nasa.gov Terra satellite.
<p>Most of the deaths were due to flash floods in the towns along the Algerian-Tunisian border, which runs down the center of the image. These floodwaters have made their way to the low-lying, desert wetlands of Algeria, clearly visible in the MODIS image (bottom). Although water levels have gone down over the past two days in these oasis-like formations, they normally cannot be seen at all in MODIS imagery (top, acquired on August 6, 2002).
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Image by Jesse Allen, based on data from the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA-GSFC
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