Hurricane Maria – Spaceflight Now

September 17, 2021

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Suomi NPP sees Hurricane Maria’s startling effect on Puerto Rico power grid

September 26, 2017

A light scanner aboard NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite sensitive to city lights, wildfires and volcanic eruptions has returned views of Puerto Rico before and after the passage of Hurricane Maria, showing the island’s electrical grid ravaged in the aftermath of the storm.