{"id":942,"date":"2004-12-03T10:16:00","date_gmt":"2004-12-03T09:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/floods\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:34:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:34:02","slug":"floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/nb\/floods\/","title":{"rendered":"Oversv\u00f8mmelser"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>Oversv\u00f8mmelser er verdens dyreste type naturkatastrofe. De globale kostnadene ved skader for\u00e5rsaket av oversv\u00f8mmelser bel\u00f8per seg til hundrevis av milliarder euro. Bare oversv\u00f8mmelsene i Pakistan i juli 2010 for\u00e5rsaket skader for mer enn 7 milliarder euro.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Oversv\u00f8mmelser kan oppst\u00e5 i kystomr\u00e5der eller i n\u00e6rheten av elver. N\u00e5r enorme vannmasser dekker lavtliggende omr\u00e5der, kan de for\u00e5rsake enorme skader p\u00e5 eiendom og utgj\u00f8re en trussel mot menneskeliv.<\/p>\n<p>Europeisk romteknologi er et viktig verkt\u00f8y i kampen mot flom. Den f\u00f8rste forsvarslinjen utgj\u00f8res av v\u00e6rsatellittene Meteosat og MetOp. Disse viser stormsystemer under utvikling og muliggj\u00f8r n\u00f8yaktige prognoser for vind og regn.<\/p>\n<p>Vanlige kameraer kan fange opp flom i dagslys, n\u00e5r himmelen er klar. Men flom oppst\u00e5r vanligvis under et skydekke.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-width=\"1384\" data-credit=\"SERTIT\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2004\/09\/Elbe_flood2\" data-licence=\"ESA Standard Licence\" data-licence-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Terms_and_conditions_of_use_of_images_and_videos_available_on_the_esa_website\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2004\/09\/elbe_flood2\/17881438-2-eng-GB\/Elbe_flood.jpg\" alt=\"Elbe flood\"><\/figure>\n<p>ESAs romfart\u00f8y Envisat og ERS-2 er utstyrt med radarinstrumenter som kan se gjennom skyene, b\u00e5de om dagen og om natten. Disse gir n\u00f8yaktige kart over arealbruken i de oversv\u00f8mte omr\u00e5dene, og viser om vannet har dekket \u00e5krer, skog eller bebygde omr\u00e5der.<\/p>\n<p>Radardata kan til og med vise hvor mye vann som har trengt ned i jorden, og om \u201csvampen\u201d er full. Ved \u00e5 bruke satellittdata fra tidligere hendelser er det ogs\u00e5 mulig \u00e5 forberede seg p\u00e5 fremtidige flom.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flooding is the world\u2019s most expensive type of natural disaster. The cost of global flood damage is hundreds of billions of euros. 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