{"id":922828,"date":"2026-10-10T08:18:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T08:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/922828\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T08:18:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T08:18:29","slug":"three-copernicus-sentinel-satellite-missions-track-floods-in-southern-brazil-eu-space-support-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/922828\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Copernicus Sentinel satellite missions track floods in southern Brazil | EU Space Support Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since late September, severe storms in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil&#8217;s southernmost state, have caused the Jacu\u00ed River to overflow, <a href=\"https:\/\/misionesonline.net\/2026\/10\/03\/alerta-en-rio-grande-do-sul\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">damaging <\/a>homes and prompting the dispatch of rescue crews to support affected communities.<\/p>\n<p>This series of Copernicus satellite images shows how three different Sentinel missions have observed the flooding over several days. The Copernicus Sentinel-2 false-colour image acquired on 3 October 2026 shows floodwaters in dark blue tones along the river and across surrounding low-lying areas. The Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar image acquired on 4 October highlights flooded areas in red, while the Copernicus Sentinel-3 false-colour image acquired on 7 October shows the continued presence of floodwaters, visible in dark tones against the surrounding red landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Copernicus Sentinel satellite data enable the monitoring of flood extent over time, supporting the identification of affected areas, emergency response, and flood risk management.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since late September, severe storms in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil&#8217;s southernmost state, have caused&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":922829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[64,63,14634,75,490520,128],"class_list":["post-922828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-earth-observation","tag-environment","tag-safety-and-security","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=922828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/922829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=922828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=922828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=922828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}