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Hurricane Katrina: Twenty Years Later
Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the Mississippi coast.
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NOAA Satellites Help Certify World’s Longest Lightning Flash
A reanalysis of GOES-16 satellite data revealed a record-breaking lightning megaflash that stretched 515 miles across the southern U.S. in 2017, now certified by the WMO as the longest ever recorded.
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Lightning Safety Awareness Week: Detecting Lightning From Space
Lightning is a dangerous weather hazard that poses a significant threat to life and property. It can strike at any time, but is most common in the summer months.
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Predicting Lightning Before it Strikes with NOAA’s LightningCast
LightningCast uses artificial intelligence (AI) to predict general locations where lightning is most likely to occur.
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NOAA’s GOES-U Satellite: One Year Later
On June 25, 2024, GOES-U, the final satellite in NOAA’s GOES-R Series, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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NOAA Satellites Monitor Canadian Wildfires and Smoke
Since mid-May, NOAA satellites have been closely monitoring heat signatures and thick plumes of smoke (some stretching thousands of miles) from wildfires burning across Canada. Driven by heat, drought, and dry conditions, more than 160 fires kicked…
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50 Years of Monitoring the Stormy Seas: Hurricane Tracking with NOAA’s GOES Satellites
For 50 years , NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) have kept a constant vigil over the Western Hemisphere.
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NOAA Satellites Track Deadly Severe Weather Across the Nation
NOAA satellites have been monitoring a potent and complex spring weather pattern responsible for nearly a week-long stretch of severe weather, including two destructive tornado outbreaks across the central U.S. from May 15–16 and May 18–20, 2025.
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