Parts of St. Louis and eastern Kentucky were inundated by catastrophic flooding recently. From orbit, NOAA satellites monitored the storms that produced the devastating floods and FlashFloods in both regions. Learn more in today's EarthFromOrbit:
, and the death toll will continue to rise as the flood waters and debris recedes.that displaced thousands of people, including power outages for thousands as well as washed-out roads, destroyed homes, and flooded schools. More than 600 people have been rescued by aircraft and boat since the flooding began, Beshear said.
“It’s not just how much rain fell, but where it fell, how exposed people were, how close the infrastructure is to where the heavy rainfall falls or where the channels rise,” said Kate Abshire, flash flood services lead at the National Weather Services’ Water Resources Branch. As the world warms, scientists expect more frequent and intense downpours — warmer air holds greater amounts of water that it can then dump. Both flood disasters were spurred by. Triggered by the same atmospheric setup, they exemplify the type of dangerous weather scientists project will become more common as the Earth warms.
GOES-16 also captured significant lightning activity within the storms. Large lightning flash rates indicate areas of active convection, and frequently these parts of the storm are producing the heaviest rainfall.
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