• Receding floods around Ondjiva, Angola

    Seasonal floods affected thousands of people in Angola and Namibia during a rainy season that stretched through April 2011. Flood waters finally receded in May, but not before an estimated 260,000 residents had been affected, according to the United Nations Office for

  • Heavy rain triggers landslides in Thailand

    Intense rain triggered widespread landslides in southern Thailand during the last week of March 2011.

    The large image, which cover a much wider area, shows many more landslides, though clouds hide much of the region from view. The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on