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The morning sun rises on Tropical Cyclone Narelle making landfall in Queensland, Australia.

For a little over a month, Piton de la Fournaise has been erupting on the island of Réunion. Lava flows traveled down volcano and recently reached the island’s shores, greeting the water of the Indian Ocean.

Tropical Cyclone Narelle approaches northern Queensland, Australia as a Category 4 equivalent storm. Narelle is expected to make landfall later today.

Ice drifts in the Gulf of St. Lawrence as cloud streets stream overhead.

A large high-pressure ridge sets up shop over the Western US, generating record-breaking heat. An atmospheric river follows the path of the ridge, bringing heavy rain to the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia.

A spectacular view of the storm system that impacted the eastern half of the United States over the weekend and into Monday, captured by NOAA-20.

Convection bubbles within a strengthening Tropical Cyclone Narelle over the northern Coral Sea.

Sierra Whiteman, a master’s student at CSU’s Department of Atmospheric Science in Professor Steven Miller’s group, works on a multi-scale study of atmospheric rivers. Read more at cira.colostate.edu/science-storie…

The recent power outage that affected Cuba was visible last night from satellite imagery, capturing the reduction of nighttime city lights in the country.

An atmospheric river brings widespread precipitation extending from southeastern Alaska into the Pacific Northwest. Observations captured by a combination of polar-orbiting, geostationary and GPS TPW datasets.

Over the last several days, a pair of strong storms wreaked havoc across North America as they unleashed a barrage of inclement weather, including relentless winds, heavy snow and blizzards, and severe thunderstorms.

Tropical Cyclone Narelle forms in the northern Coral Sea, northeast of Australia.

Clouds swirl around a low pressure system migrating northeast over the Great Lakes.

Severe weather rumbled through the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern states today, bringing strong winds to the region.

Over the last couple of days, a powerful winter storm and blizzard have dumped record-breaking snowfall in the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes region. Blizzard conditions are expected to continue through the overnight hours.

Over the last several days, a large dynamic Kona Low drenched Hawai'i in heavy rainfall and severe weather, triggering flash flooding across the state. Each island received at least 12 inches (30 cm) of precipitation from this event.

A potent spring storm continues to impact the eastern half of the U.S. with winter weather to the north and severe storms to the south.

Spectacular imagery of a wall of dust racing south through West Texas along a cold front yesterday.

A strong cold front treks eastward during the night, creating a line of lightning-packed severe thunderstorms spanning from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast.

A large and intense mid-latitude cyclone sweeps through the United States, delivering a powerful winter storm and blizzard to the Midwest and Great Lakes, while also triggering a long line of severe thunderstorms across the Central US.