Cyclone Nargis

Cyclone Nargis makes its way across the Bay of Bengal just south of Myanmar on May 1, 2008, as seen by the Envisat satellite.

Shortly thereafter, the cyclone devastated the coastal region of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, with the death toll feared to be as high as 100,000. That would place Cyclone Nargis in the top three or four deadliest cyclones of modern times. Cyclones are typically categorized as hurricanes or typhoons depending on their location, with typhoons such as Nargis originating in the northwestern Pacific.

Earth Observation (EO) satellites have increasingly been used for flood response and mitigation, providing an overhead view of the flood situation on the ground.

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