The image at right consists of 12 scenes in which floodwaters inundating the region are visible as green and light blue. Wee Waa peaked at about 8 metres.
Extensive flooding is evident.
The image at right shows the same area of the Namoi River in December 1997, without floodwaters. The Namoi River catchment area is more than 350 kilometres long and stretches from Walcha in the east to Walgett in the west. Other river systems in the region include the Gwydir, Castlereagh, Hunter, Macquarie, Macleay, Manning, Culgoa and Condamine.