Landsat images show Thailand floods covering farmland in Prachin Buri
NASA satellite imagery from October 2, 2026, shows flooded agricultural and aquaculture areas along the Bang Pakong River.
Event / data period: 2026-10-02
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A NASA Earth Observatory report published October 9 describes false-colour images from Landsat 8 and 9 acquired on October 2, 2026, showing flooding along the Bang Pakong River in Thailand’s Prachin Buri province. NASA presented an image of the same area from October 7, 2025, for comparison; the imagery distinguishes water from vegetation and developed land.
NASA said persistent heavy rain in late September and early October sustained flooding across the country. The report cited International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies figures saying floods in 50 provinces had affected more than 4 million people since mid-September, and government estimates that about 270,000 hectares of farmland were damaged. Those figures are humanitarian and government reports cited by NASA, not measurements made by the satellite image itself.
Data
NASA satellite-image comparison for Prachin Buri
The comparison identifies images from different years for the same area and the observed flood context.
| 2025-10-07 | Same area before the reported 2026 flood period. |
| 2026-10-02 | False-colour Landsat view shows inundated land along the Bang Pakong River in Prachin Buri. |
Methodology
This table describes the Landsat 8 and 9 false-colour images identified in the NASA Earth Observatory report dated 9 October 2026. They show the same area near the Bang Pakong River on 7 October 2025 and 2 October 2026; national impact figures are quoted separately from other agencies.
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Subjects and places
Subject proposals
- AgricultureSuggested
- Subject suggested from the title or summary: agriculturalscience.nasa.gov ↗
- Satellite technologySuggested
- Subject suggested from the title or summary: satellitescience.nasa.gov ↗
- FloodSuggested
- Subject suggested from the title or summary: floodsscience.nasa.gov ↗
- Science and technologySuggested
- Preserved editorial category/topic; broad candidate onlyscience.nasa.gov ↗
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- Thailand · Place role: Coverage · Place type: Country or area · Location precision: RegionalEvidence
- Explicit preserved editorial country/region; no city or national centroid inferredscience.nasa.gov ↗