Image of the week: Cyclone Sean

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This week’s image of the week is of Cyclone Sean off the west coast of Australia. The image was captured by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 20 January 2025.

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23 January 2025

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23 January 2025

Cyclone Sean was the second tropical cyclone of Australia’s 2024-2025 cyclone season (November-April).

It developed into a category 4 storm and although it didn’t make landfall, the cyclone brought strong winds and very heavy rainfall to the Pilbara coast (northwest Australia), flooding roads and houses and causing the closure of several ports.

Cyclone Sean image

This image was captured by the OLCI instrument on one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 20 January 2025.

EUMETSAT operates the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites, in cooperation with ESA, and delivers the marine data on behalf of the European Union.

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