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Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites.

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Monday, 12 January 2015

Jan–December 2014

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Image Library top ten for 2014

A look at our most popular images and case studies from 2014.

Thursday, 28 November 2013

28 November 2013 09:00–18:00 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Massive hailstorm over Gauteng, South Africa

Severe thunderstorms with golf ball size hail and flash floods hit Gauteng province of South Africa in late November.

Monday, 18 November 2013

18 November 2013 09:00–16:00 UTC

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Severe thunderstorms over Sardinia

Flash floods caused by heavy thunderstorms tear through streets in Sardinia, submerging homes and killing at least 18 people.

Sunday, 20 October 2013

20 October 2013 23:40 UTC

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Wildfires in New South Wales

The smoke plumes from the wildfires visible from Metop-A.

Friday, 4 October 2013

04 October 2013 04:00 to 06 October 00:00 UTC

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Flooding in Tuscany

Heavy convective precipitation led to severe flooding over parts of Tuscany.

Tuesday, 17 September 2013

17 September 2013 13:12–21:42 UTC

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Flash flood in Thessaloniki

On 17 September 2004, between 19:00 and 20:00 UTC, an episode of intense rain left 17 mm of water in Thessaloniki which caused flooding and the release of sewage waters (and rats) over the Bay of Thermaikos.

Tuesday, 10 September 2013

10 September 2013 10:30–21:30 UTC

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Smoke & dust streamers over Argentina seen by Met-10

Strong winds, high temperatures, and months of drought fuelled an outbreak of wildfire in northern Argentina in September 2013.

Smoke and dust streamers over Argentina as seen by Meteosat-10

Saturday, 24 August 2013

24 August 2013

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Tuolumne county rim fires

Fires in California's Tuolumne county near to Yosemite Valley.

Wednesday, 21 August 2013

21 August 2013 05:00–11:00 UTC

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Oil fires in Iraq seen by Meteosat-10

A large smoke plume from oil fires at a crude oil pipeline in Iraq could be clearly seen by Meteosat-10.

Tuesday, 20 August 2013

20 August 2013 01:30 UTC

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Flooding in Russia and China

The seasonal heavy rains over the area of the rivers Amur, Nen and Songhua in eastern Russia and north-eastern China produced particularly severe flooding this year.