Largest storm in 40 years to hit mainland China. Over 100 reported dead so far. This storm struck (August 11) with nearly 150 mph winds. Probably nearly the strength of Hurricane Katrina from last year. Image courtesy of MODIS Rapid Response Project at NASA/GSFC. 500m resolution.
Hurricane Cosme was the third named storm in the 2007 eastern Pacific hurricane season. Cosme formed in a common area for hurricanes to start—off the Pacific coast of Mexico—and it tracked north and west. Cosme built power from its initial Tropical Depression state on July 14 to a minimal Category 1 hurricane on July 16.
At 10:45 a.m. local time (19:45 UTC) on July 16, 2007, whe...
An aerial photo of part of the Biloxi coastline taken on August 31st, 2005, showing the destruction of Hurricane Katrina.
The image was provided by DigitalGlobe.
This is a "closeup" LANDSAT tile of New Orleans. Wasn't able to get coords of the LANDSAT image, so it's eyeball matched. The LANDSAT site lists this image as taken 30 Aug.
A severe winter storm hammered the Midwestern United States on December 1, 2006. According to news reports, the storm iced roads, canceled flights, broke tree branches, left more than two million homes and businesses without electricity, and temporarily shut down part of Interstate 40 in central Oklahoma. Several deaths were linked to the storm, including deaths from traffic accidents and carbo...
On May 14, 2004, the morning overpass of the Terra satellite over the Persian Gulf captured this image of a large dust storm spreading a veil of dust over the water and the countries surrounding the shores: (clockwise from top left corner) Iraq, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Saudia Arabia, and Kuwait.
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