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The team managing the data flowing from instruments on NASA’s Terra satellite has posted a pair of images of the Irrawaddy River delta in Myanmar before and after Cyclone Nargis struck, showing vividly the amount of land that was submerged. Our package of cyclone coverage is being updated continually by Seth Mydans, Tom Fuller, and contributors from South Asia. These images provide the view from on high.


Myanmar before and after Nargis

Images of the Irrawaddy River delta before and after the cyclone. (Credit: NASA/MODIS Rapid Response Team)