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An Uncommonly Strong Atmospheric River

The storm, which drenched coastal British Columbia and southeastern Alaska, may be among the region’s most intense in the past couple of decades.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story An Uncommonly Strong Atmospheric River.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership and data from DSCOVR EPIC. Story by Lindsey Doermann.

Published September 26, 2024
Data acquired September 22, 2024