Multiple tornadoes spread havoc through the southern Mississippi Valley, USA

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 16 March 2023 at 00:03:20 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 26 March 2023 at 16:38:39 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 28 March 2023 at 00:03:21 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Emergency, weather, natural disaster, United States, USA
Fig. 1 - S2 (26.03.2023) - A tornado outbreak happened on March 24–27 2023 along with widespread heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms.
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Fig. 2 - S1 (16 & 28.03.2023) - It killed at least 22 people and left over 80 000 in the dark.
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Due to the change in radar backscattering it caused, the path of the tornado is visible in magenta, here near the city of Winona, Mississippi.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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