ANKARA, 08 December 2001 (From AFP) - Floods forced the evacuation of about 400 villagers in Turkey's Mediterranean province of Mersin.
On Saturday, heavy rain continued to damage crops, roads and power networks, officials said. The governor of Tarsus town, Necmi Kurt, told AFP, 291 people from three villages had been evacuated earlier in the day.
Event Timeline |
ERS-2 SAR Satellite images |
These images show the flooded areas before and after the flooding.
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This image was acquired on 05 June 2001.
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Before flooding
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This image was acquired on 17 December 2001.
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After the flooding
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Multi-temporal images |
This image shows the most evident changes related to the flooding in blue (the areas covered by water during the flood).
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Geographic reference image
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