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On May 18, 2020, the Himawari-8 satellite caught this imagery of Tropical Cyclone Amphan, heading toward the border of India and Bangladesh.
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Forty years ago today, iconic Mount St. Helens erupted in southwestern Washington state in the deadliest and most economically…
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Monday, May 18, 2020Forty years ago today, iconic Mount St. Helens erupted in southwestern Washington state in the deadliest and most economically…
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February 03, 2020 On Feb. 3, 2020, the Meteosat-8 satellite spied East Africa and an intensifying storm system in the Indian Ocean. According to the…
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The first typhoon of 2020 has formed in the western Pacific Ocean and is expected to make landfall in the eastern Philippine.
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NOAA scientists and colleagues have created an image of the change in nighttime illumination over metropolitan New York City…
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May 08, 2020 From their first spark to their dying embers, many wildfires can be seen and monitored from space by NOAA’s satellites... and sometimes…
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Some hurricane damage can’t be captured by photographs; these storms can inflict profound harm to the mental health of people.