Image of the week: Hurricane Rafael

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This week’s image of the week is of Hurricane Rafael. The image was captured by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 5 November 2024.

Last Updated

14 November 2024

Published on

08 November 2024

Hurricane Rafael brought very strong winds (>185 kmh) and heavy rainfall as it passed over Cuba. The storm caused extensive disruption damaging homes and causing a nationwide blackout, which affected millions of people.

Hurricane Rafael is the seventeenth named storm and fifth major hurricane of the Atlantic hurricane season.

Hurricane Rafael image

This image was captured by the OLCI instrument on one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 5 November 2024.

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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