Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Atmospheric composition Land Ocean Weather Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags SEVIRI NOAA SNPP AMSU ASCAT AVHRR MSG MVIRI OLCI Poseidon SLSTR SRAL Third Party MTG Sentinel-3 Africa Metop-A Metop-B Metop Europe Asia S America Terra/Aqua MODIS VIIRS Indian Ocean Date 2023 2021 2020 2018 2002 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 7 results Case study 5 February 2023 00:00 UTC-24 February 08:00 UTC Record-breaking Tropical Cyclone Freddy crosses Indian Ocean Record-breaking tropical cyclone Freddy traversed the whole Southern Indian Ocean in February 2023. Case study 21 June 2021, 00:00-23:45 UTC Storm Ahti causes damage in northern Finland On 21 June 2021 Storm Ahti caused widespread damage and flooding in northern Finland. Case study 4 December 2020 00:00 UTC-10 December 09:00 UTC Nearly-record snowfall in the western Alps Winter 2020 started with more than 2 m snow in the Alps and an extreme amount of rain. Case study 18 April 2020 00:00 UTC-22 April 23:00 UTC Extensive DIBS in the Deformation Zone Pockmarked DIBS cloud, produced by a cyclone, entered an elongated deformation zone. Case study 9 October 2018 09:55 UTC–10 October 02:40 UTC Severe flash floods in Mallorca Severe storms caused devastating flash floods on the Spanish island of Mallorca. Case study 23 July 2018 12:00–18:00 UTC and 24 July 00:05 UTC and 00:55 UTC Devastating wildfires near Athens In late July 2018 wildfires ripped through coastal areas in Greece, causing thousands to flee and a number of fatalities. Case study 20 February 2002 00:00 UTC-18 December 2019 00:00 UTC Mountain waves in satellite imagery Mountain waves as seen in satellite imagery from 2002-2017.