Hurricane Lidia

Lidia quickly strengthened from a tropical storm to a category 4 hurricane before making landfall near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Hurricane Lidia.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS). Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published October 11, 2023
Data acquired October 10, 2023