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On April 29, 2020, NOAA satellites captured what has now been confirmed as a new world record for the longest single flash of lightning.

A cutting-edge new instrument is ready to be installed on NOAA’s GOES-U satellite, which is scheduled to launch in 2024.

Last year, NOAA satellites helped rescue 330 people from potentially life-threatening situations throughout the U.S. and its surrounding waters.

Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai, located in the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga, has erupted three times in less than thirty days. The volcano has sporadical

Every year is a busy year for NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), and 2021 proved no different.


As the

NOAA’s Earth-observing data plays an integral role in our everyday lives. However, there is still an enormous potential to improve how we use it.

At 4:10 UTC on 15 January 2022, the Hunga-Tonga Volcano in the South Pacific erupted.The eruption occurred about 40 miles north of Tonga's capital Nuk

On Jan. 13, 2022, NOAA’s GOES West satellite captured another explosive eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano, located in the South Pacifi