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Storm Daniel

Thessaly ยท September 2023

Flooding of the Thessaly plain by Storm Daniel (4โ€“6 September 2023) and Storm Elias (27 September 2023), recorded by the Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-1 satellites.

Before and after

Sentinel-2 multispectral images. Dark blue and violet colours indicate flooded areas. Drag the slider to compare the plain a month before the storm with the plain six days after it.

10 September 2023
11 August 2023
11 August 202310 September 2023
Sentinel-2, 11 August 2023 and 10 September 2023, six days after Daniel.

351 days later

The same area on 20 August 2024, almost a year after the storm.

Sentinel-2 image of the Thessaly plain, 20 August 2024
Sentinel-2, 20 August 2024.

Radar view

Sentinel-1 radar (SAR) images, which see through clouds. Black indicates flooded areas. The animation steps through successive acquisitions.

Animated sequence of Sentinel-1 radar images of the flooded Thessaly plain
Sentinel-1 radar, September 2023.

Download the full image sets

Sentinel-2 & Landsat Sentinel-1