Hurricane Maria Satellite Images Puerto Rico

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Hurricane maria satellite images puerto rico.

Just days after hurricane maria passed over puerto rico and the u s. Viirs satellite image of hurricane maria nearing peak intensity at 1942 utc 19 september 2017. With a minimum pressure of 908 hpa maria was the tenth most intense atlantic hurricane on record. Virgin islands teams from noaa s office of marine and aviation operations and noaa s n ational geodetic survey started capturing high definition aerial photos from locations affected by that storm.

On september 26 2017 the operational land imager oli on the landsat 8 satellite captured some of the first natural color satellite images of puerto rico after hurricane maria. Hurricane maria northwest of puerto rico north of the virgin islands and east of florida 15 15z september 23 2017. One of the first clear government satellite views of the island shows a landscape browned with muddy water and destroyed vegetation. Puerto rico s extensive power loss in the wake of hurricane maria has been captured in newly released images from one of nasa s earth orbiting satellites.

Maria is the strongest hurricane to make landfall in puerto rico since a. The landfall pressures of the hurricane in dominica and puerto rico of 922 and 920 mb. Noaa goes 16 satellite captured this geocolor imagery of hurricane maria making landfall on puerto rico on the morning of september 20th. View metadata for the hurricane maria imagery.

The national hurricane center reported at 8 00 edt that maria s maximum sustained winds were near 150 mph with higher gusts and that hurricane force winds extended outward up to 60 miles from the storm s. The intense category 4 storm left. The approximate ground sample distance gsd for each pixel is 25 cm zoom level 19. As with hurricanes harvey irma and previous storms the images are a crucial tool in determining the extent of the damage.

Individual images have been combined into a larger mosaic and tiled for distribution. Cloud cover is common in the tropics and has been particularly bad in the days since the storm so researchers have been unable to see much from orbit. Published sep 28 2017 image of the day land water severe storms human presence remote sensing. Center of the hurricane.

Puerto rico landscape ravaged by hurricane maria. The data provided on this site is for informational and planning purposes only.