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English: Satellite image of the South Island of New Zealand in June 2006. NASA's description:
A powerful winter storm swept across New Zealand on June 12, 2006. The storm brought strong winds that gusted up to 130 kilometers per hour (80 miles per hour) and at least one tornado, reported the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Heavy rains triggered floods and landslides along the western coast of South Island, and snow blanketed the central part of the island. This wild weather, said the ABC, knocked out power in Auckland, on North Island (not pictured), and throughout the Canterbury region, shown here.
On June 13, skies were clear when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this photo-like image of South Island, New Zealand. Snow covers the Southern Alps, making the finger-like glacier lakes stand out like sapphires against a field of white. The snow stretches to the sea on the east side of the island. It is here, in the river basins and valleys east of the mountains and around Christchurch, that deep snow closed roads and isolated communities, say news reports.
The impact of heavy rain along the western shore of South Island is also evident in this image. Mud-laden water, full of sediment from landslides and run-off, flows into the Tasman Sea from the many streams that run out of the mountains. In the ocean, the muddy water is tan and fades to a cloudy green as the sediment disperse
Français : Une puissante tempête de neige balayant la Nouvelle-Zélande le 12 juin 2006. Selon l’Australian Broadcasting Corporation, la tempête amena de fortes rafales de vent atteignant 130 km/h et au moins une tornade. De fortes pluies provoquèrent des inondations et des glissements de terrain le long de la côte occidentale de l'île du Sud, la neige recouvrant la partie centrale de l'île.

Le 13 juin, lorsque l'imagerie produite par le spectromètre du satellite américain Aqua de la NASA, la neige recouvrait les Alpes du Sud, faisant ressortir les lacs des glaciers semblables à des doigts comme des saphirs sur un fond blanc. La neige atteint la mer du côté orientale de l'île. C'est ici, dans les bassins versants et les vallées à l'est des montagnes et autour de Christchurch, que la neige épaisse barra les routes et isola des communautés.

Cette image montre également l'impacte des fortes précipitations le long de la côte occidentale de l'île du Sud. L'eau pleine de boue, chargée de sédiment provenant des glissements de terrain et des inondations, se déverse dans la mer de Tasmanie depuis les nombreux torrents qui s'écoulent des montagnes.
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