Flooding and Debris Flows: 5/23/04 - 5-25-04
Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic - Jimani (white "x" in foreground, above),
Haiti - Jacmel, Fond Verrette, Mopou, Grand Gosier.
Northern Puerto Rico - San Juan area. Carolina, Loiza
At least 502 killed and hundreds missing in Haiti and the Dominican Republic
after 10 days of heavy rain caused floods and landslides. About 450 homes
flooded throughout the Dominican Republic. "floods were some of the
deadliest in a decade"
Widespread flooding in northern Puerto Rico
Images: NASA ASTER images, 15 m resolution, false color
composites, before and after. Also SRTM shaded relief map, illustrating
Link to ASTER images and flood water mapping for Mapou
Region, Haiti, May 30, 2004
Map preparation and image analysis: Robert Brakenridge. ASTER data courtesy
Dr. Timothy Gubbels, Science Systems and Applications, Inc. and NASA's Land