A 200km/h wind blows from Corsica to Czech Republic

Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT acquired on 17 August 2022 at 20:25:43 UTC
Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT acquired on 17 August 2022 at 20:28:43 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Climate change, emergency, atmosphere, storm, France, Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Czech Republic
Fig. 1 - S3 SLSTR (17.08.2022, 20:25->21:30) - A violent derecho caused heavy wind in Corsica and parts of Italy, Austria, Slovenia & Czechia.
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Fig. 2 - S3 SLSTR (17.08.2022, 09:41->09:44) - The system moved 1000 km from Balearic islands to Czech Republic within 12 hours.
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Fig. 3 - S3 SLSTR (17.08.2022, 21:01->21:04) - Winds up to 225 km/h were reported at Marignana, gusts as high as 140 km/h in Northern Italy.
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Fig. 4 - S3 SLSTR (17.08.2022, 09:15->09:54) - It resulted in 12 fatalities (5 in Corsica, 5 in Austria and 2 in Italy) and over 116 injured.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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