Porto Alegre – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Wed, 08 May 2024 23:31:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg Porto Alegre – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Flooding in Rio Grande do Sul https://www.maproomblog.com/2024/05/flooding-in-rio-grande-do-sul/ Wed, 08 May 2024 23:31:40 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1830764 More]]>
Porto Alegre on 8 May 2024 (Landsat 8/OLI)

Devastating floods in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil’s southernmost state, have killed at least 95 people and displaced 150,000 more. NASA Earth Observatory posted the above Landsat 8 image of downtown Porto Alegre (population: 1.5 million), as well as MODIS images of the overflowing Jacuí River. CNN has before-and-after Maxar imagery of Porto Alegre.

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