Flooding in Serbia

In May 2014, historic floods inundated Serbia and neighboring countries, causing major population displacements and property destruction. Several weeks after massive flood waters have mostly receded west of Belgrade, Serbia, the ground remains saturated and uninhabitable. In this satellite image, acquired June 8, 2014 by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft, wet ground and rivers are highlighted in red. Identification was based on colder temperatures seen in the thermal infrared bands. The image covers an area of 35 by 21 miles (57 by 34.5 kilometers), and is located at 44.7 degrees north, 20.1 degrees east.

Image credit: NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team

Flooding in the Balkans

Sentinel-1A scan from 24 May 2014 over parts of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. The area used for the flood delineation mapping under the Copernicus Emergency Management Service is indicated in the red box. Read full article.

Image credit: ESA

Note: For more information, see Flood Map.