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Category: Other Satellites

Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy became the tenth hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic Basin tropical cyclone season on 24 October 2012. McIDAS images of GOES-13 10.7 µm IR data (above; click image to play animation) showed the fairly rapid formation of an eye as the storm approached the eastern portion of the island... Read More

Major flooding event in Beijing, China

A major flooding event occurred in the Beijing, China area on 21 July 2012, as the heaviest rainfall in over 60 years caused at least 77 fatalaties, cancelled over 500 airport flights, and forced more than 65,000 people to be evacuated. Much of the city averaged around 7-9 inches of... Read More