Temporal changes in the inundation extent (13 & 16 Aug 2017) around , using ESA Sentinel-1 Satellite data No rth-eastern India, so uthern Nep al and Bangladesh received heavy rainfall during the last few days, Legend Map Prepared by: Data Provided by: ± w hich caused w idesp read flo o d claiming 160 human lives and disp lacing millio ns o f p eo p le fro m their Disaster Image :Sentinel-1 ho mes. The flo o ds imp o sed eco no mic hardship s amo ng tho usands o f farmers due to the destructio n o f Date :13 & 16 Aug 2017 rice cro p s in the o ngo ing Kharif seaso n. Mo nso o n flo o ds destro yed key rice cro p s in Nep al and dro ve tho usands o f farmers and their families to Flo o d The analysis excluded permanent water bodies including reservoir, River/Permanent w ater tanks and ponds and this reflects only the inundation extent. Please take shelter in scho o ls o r tents o n higher gro und. 85 Nep alese rep o rted missing after rivers b urst their note the surface water extent mapped has not yet been validated in the b anks and killed at least 75, acco rding to media rep o rts District Bo undary Acco rding to o fficial reco rds, at least six millio n p eo p le w ere affected b y the flo o ds and mo re than The depiction and use of boundaries, geographic names and State b o undary 48,000 ho mes have b een sub merged b y rising w aters in Nep al. related data shown in these maps are based on the sources District w ise satellite estimated flo o d extent – Siddharth Nagar 408 sq .km, Chitaw an 254 sq .km, Rivers they have been drawn from and quoted. These are neither error-free nor do they imply official endorsement or the position Kap ilb astu 435 sq .km, Naw alp arasi415 sq .km and Rup andehi 329 sq .km. Ro ad of IWMI. ! Cities/To w n 17 August 2017 | FL-2017-0011-IN | Version 1

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Narayanpur ! Kawasoti ! ! Fulbari Chitraban ! ! Shivavagar ! Dibyanagar Gitanagar ! ! Kumarwarti Shukrangar ! Chitawan ! NarayaniPlacemark Gochhada Meghauli ! ! ! Barmasthan Jagatpur ! !

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