NASA Helps Texas Respond To Most Widespread Flooding In 50 Years

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NASA P-3B on July 3 over flood-prone areas of Texas. The imagery was delivered to the Texas Office of Emergency management for flood relief planning within less than 24 hours time from observation. Soil saturation in flood-prone regions near San Anto ...
NASA P-3B on July 3 over flood-prone areas of Texas. The imagery was delivered to the Texas Office of Emergency management for flood relief planning within less than 24 hours time from observation. Soil saturation in flood-prone regions near San Antonio, south of Austin, and northwest of Corpus Christi are seen here in darker blue. Credit: University of Colorado at Boulder

On July 3, a NASA aircraft equipped with a state-of-the-art sensor provided emergency response officials with critical soil moisture data for several regions across Texas that were threatened by flooding. NASA responded to the heavy rains and flooding in Texas by redirecting a NASA research aircraft, the P-3B, to Texas after it completed an interagency project in Oklahoma.


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