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MODIS image of Tropical Storm Talas

Visit NASA's hurricane archives page for information on historic storms, like Andrew and Katrina, as well as complete records of worldwide tropical depressions, cyclones and hurricanes from 2005 to the present.

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Latest Storm Updates

TRMM image of Mahasen

Mahasen (Northern Indian Ocean)

NASA’s Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite known as TRMM measured Cyclone Mahasen’s rainfall rates from space as it made landfall on May 16.

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GOES image of Alvin

Alvin (Eastern Pacific Ocean)

Satellite imagery revealed that Tropical Storm Alvin became a remnant low pressure area 36 hours after it was named.

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Related Stories

  • NASA Probe Gets Close-Up Views of Large Hurricane on Saturn

    NASA's Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first close-up, visible-light views of a behemoth hurricane swirling around Saturn's north pole.

  • NOAA's GOES-13 satellite captured an image of Isaac's huge blanket of clouds over the U.S.

    The Two Tails of Hurricane Isaac: Part 1  →

    Prior to the incursion of “Superstorm Sandy” on the East Coast of the United States in October 2012, another hurricane – Isaac – captured headlines and posed a serious danger to the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico in September.

  • TRMM's Precipitation Radar were used to construct these 3D images of Isaac and Katrina.

    The Two Tails of Hurricane Isaac: Part 2  →

    Isaac threatened the same region that had been devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, exactly seven years earlier. Isaac made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane almost exactly seven years after Category 3 Katrina.

  • The GPM Core Observatory and partner satellites in orbit over Earth.

    GPM Takes Rain Measurements Global

    GPM will set a new standard for precipitation measurements from space by joining forces with countries around the world.

  • This combination image shows satellite data from NOAA's GOES-13 and GOES-15 depicted as two rounded images of the Earth as if you were simultaneously looking at the Atlantic and Pacific oceans with very wide-set eyes.

    Bi-ocular Animations of Two Oceans

    This new combination video of NOAA's GOES-13 and GOES-15 satellite data shows two rounded images of the Earth as if you were simultaneously looking at the Atlantic and Pacific oceans with very wide-set eyes.

  • Sediment off the coast of Australia from Tropical Cyclone Rusty in March 2013.

    Cyclone Rusty's Rains Stirred Up Sediment

    Cyclone Rusty's heavy rains created sediment filled rivers and tributaries that flowed northwest into the Southern Indian Ocean.

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