Cities in Emilia-Romagna, a area in northern Italy, have been hit by extreme flooding after heavy rainfall over the weekend. The flooding affected Bologna (not pictured), and different cities within the surrounding space together with Modena and Reggio Emilia.
Flooded areas throughout the area are seen on this multi-temporal picture captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission between 8 and 20 October 2024. The comparability makes use of a picture from 8 October (earlier than the floods) and one from 20 October (after the floods). The blue areas spotlight the areas impacted by flooding.
In response, the Copernicus Emergency Administration Service has been activated to supply detailed maps of the affected areas. There has additionally been heavy rain and storms in different elements of Italy, notably Sicily, the place landslides and fallen timber have blocked roads.
The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, with its potential to penetrate cloud cowl and frequent revisit instances, is good for flood monitoring, enabling the evaluation of flood extent and its influence on folks and the atmosphere.
