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Crisis Image over the Cortes Department

Caption: Honduras has been affected by severe flooding and landslides since Oct. 16, 2008. This map, over the Cortes Department, is comprised of two Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) images -- one acquired before flooding (Sept. 20, 2008) and one acquired after flooding (Oct. 25, 2008). Black and white areas correspond to places where the radar signal did not change. Blue indicates areas where the radar signal dropped, and red indicates areas where the signal increased. Both blue and red colors indicate areas that are potentially flooded.

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