Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Satellites Land Weather Meteosat Metop Tags Metop-A GOES ASCAT AVHRR Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) SEVIRI Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Metop-B North America, Central America & Caribbean S America ABI Atlantic Ocean Date 2018 2015 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 2 results Case study 30 August 2018 12:00 UTC–17 September 23:00 UTC Hurricane Florence Hurricane Florence was the first major hurricane of the 2018 North Atlantic hurricane season and caused major devastation when it hit the US east coast in mid-September. Case study 26 March 2015 13:30 UTC Rains over Atacama desert On Thursday 26th March 2015, an unusual rain event brought almost an inch of precipitation to the Atacama, Antofagasta and Coquimbo regions.