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Derecho Darkens Houston

Destructive winds left many people in the most populous city in Texas without power.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Derecho Darkens Houston.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Black Marble data courtesy of Ranjay Shrestha/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published May 22, 2024
Data acquired April - May 18, 2024

Sources:: Landsat 9 > OLI-2; Suomi NPP > VIIRS