Update on flood in Pakistan

 Taken October 5, 2010                                                                   Taken October 4, 2009

It's been 11 weeks since the the monsoon floods in Pakistan and according to the United Nations High commissioner for Refugees, 1.6 million residents are still displaced.  The two images above show changes in the landscape wrought by the monsoon that had recently occurred.  One big difference on the images above are near the coast and west of the river.  There are large expanses of flood waters in the these areas from the flood.

I guess when you can compare images from the past to a recent one, you can really see the impact a flood has in a particular area.  This can really help us to better understand how floods affect areas and we can better prepare for the future.