Following months of drought, severe rain storms in late October and mid-Novemeber 2006 resulted in heavy flooding conditions in Somalia. Areas of flooding can be seen by comparing the May 16, 2002 RADARSAT-1 image (non-flooded) to the November 27th, 2006 image ( flooded). In a radar image, water appears black and is easily distinguished from a land surface (whose rough texture appears bright due to the backscatter it generates).

RADARSAT-1 data © CSA 2002, 2006. Received by the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing. Processed and distributed by MDA Geospatial Services Inc.