Flash floods by the concentrated heavy rains occurred on June 15, 2010 (UTC) at the department of Var in the southern France, and this caused great damage. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have performed the emergency observation to monitor the state of the damage by the Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer type 2 (AVNIR-2)* onboard the Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS,”Daichi”) on 19:15 (JST) or 10:15 (UTC) of June 17, 2010. Read More
