Francine Bears Down on Louisiana

Fueled by warm water in the Gulf of Mexico, the hurricane will be the third to make landfall in the 2024 season.

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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 Emily Cassidy.

Published September 11, 2024
Data acquired September 10, 2024

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NOAA-21 > VIIRS