Power Outages in the wake of Hurricane Michael
VIIRS Day Night Band Visible (0.70 µm) Imagery from NOAA-20 on 6 October and 12 October 2018 (Click to enlarge)
The VIIRS (Visible-Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) instrument onboard NOAA-20 includes a Day Night Band that can be used to assess, among other things, power outages after a strong storm such as Hurricane Michael. The toggle above shows Day Night Band imagery from 6 October (before Michael) and 12 October (after Michael), and the change in illumination from city lights over the Florida Panhandle northeastward into east-central Georgia is stark.
Of course, clouds can also mask city lights in the Day Night Band. However, 11.45 µm infrared imagery from VIIRS, below, on 12 October, shows scant evidence of clouds over the region where city lights are missing.
VIIRS Infrared (11.45 µm) Imagery from NOAA-20, 12 October 2018, 0844 UTC (Click to enlarge)
(NOAA-20 images here courtesy William Straka, CIMSS)