Hurricane Satellite Images Laura

As the unsurvivable hurricane laura hits louisiana satellite images show the scale of the storm that is expected to cause catastrophic damage in multiple states.

Hurricane satellite images laura.

Hurricane laura roared through southwestern louisiana early thursday morning. Before and after satellite images are capturing the extent of the damage hurricane laura has inflicted on in the louisiana city of lake charles. About this imagery was acquired by the noaa remote sensing division to support noaa homeland security and emergency response requirements. Satellite image 2020 maxar technologies hurricane laura made landfall near cameron louisiana on thursday as a category 4 storm with winds of 150 mph.

Satellite imagery is giving meteorologists a jaw dropping view of laura s growth into a major hurricane. Launch web map in new window this tracker shows the current view from our goes east and goes west satellites. Bursts of lightning appeared dotting the storm clouds of hurricane laura in satellite imagery posted to twitter by the national oceanic and atmospheric administration wednesday morning. Laura which is now a tropical depression made.

This first satellite loop shows laura s rapid intensification from tuesday afternoon to. The tracker also allows users to go back in time and view and interact with the satellite imagery from the past hurricanes this year. Hurricane laura aerial imagery response. A hurricane track will only appear if there is an active storm in the atlantic or eastern pacific regions.

From august 27 31 the national geodetic survey ngs collected aerial damage assessment images in the aftermath of hurricane laura. In addition it will be used for ongoing research efforts for testing and developing standards for airborne digital imagery. Collected images are available to view online via the ngs aerial imagery viewer. Imagery was collected in specific areas identified by noaa in coordination with fema and other state and federal partners.

That makes it the strongest hurricane to make landfall in louisiana since 1856 according to an analysis by philip klotzbach a meteorologist at colorado state university.