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Mayotte cyclone before and after images show ‘nuclear war-like’ destruction

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1 week ago

Mayotte: Cyclone Chido pummels French territory in Indian Ocean

CNN

CNN — Thousands are feared dead after a devastating 100-year cyclone ripped across the French archipelago of Mayotte on Saturday, inflicting destruction that one resident likened to an atomic bomb. Cyclone Chido, a category 4 storm, tore through the southwestern Indian Ocean over the weekend, impacting northern Madagascar before rapidly intensifying and slamming Mayotte with winds above 220 kilometers per …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Satellite photos show Franklin fire threatening Malibu neighborhoods

LA Times

Smoke drifts over a home on Piuma Road as firefighters continue to battle the Franklin fire in Malibu. The image above shows the fire line near Piuma Road in Malibu, with red flame retardant visible on the ground. A helicopter flies along the Franklin fire line near Piuma Road in Malibu on Tuesday. Students and faculty were told to stay …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Kursk photos show how Ukraine’s gamble on an incursion deep into Russia changed the battlefield

The Independent

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4 months, 1 week ago

Ukraine gambled on an incursion deep into Russian territory. The bold move changed the battlefield

Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s stunning incursion into Russia’s Kursk border region was a bold gamble for the country’s military commanders, who committed their limited resources to a risky assault on a nuclear-armed enemy with no assurance of success. To conduct the Kursk operation, Kyiv deployed battalions drawn from multiple brigades, some of which were pulled from the hottest parts of …

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5 months ago

Putin’s summer residence gets new air defenses as Ukraine steps up drone attacks

CNN

CNN — As Ukraine grows bolder in striking targets deep inside Russia, Moscow has quietly upped the security measures around President Vladmir Putin’s country residence north of Moscow. The Pantsir-S1 systems are designed to combat short-range cruise missiles and drones, suggesting the move to station them near the residence may be a response to Ukraine’s increasingly audacious drone attacks. And …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Hurricane Beryl: Aerial images show before and after of storm’s destruction

The Independent

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

At least 2,000 feared dead in Papua New Guinea landslide. These are some challenges rescuers face

Associated Press

BANGKOK — The Papua New Guinea government said more than 2,000 people are believed to have been buried alive in a landslide in the South Pacific island nation, after the side of a mountain came down in the early hours of Friday morning when the village of Yambali was asleep. This May 27, 2024, satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

The true toll of the war in Ukraine is measured in bodies. This man brings them home, one at a time

Associated Press

DOVHENKE, Ukraine — The smell in the car is sick and sweet, the overpowering scent of corpses that have lain too long in muck and ruin, the ones the dogs didn’t devour. Oleksii Yukov and his team members wait for colleagues to offload the bodies of Russian soldiers they’ve collected from the frontline in the Sloviansk region, Ukraine, Oct. 24, …

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10 months ago

Construction along Egypt-Gaza border appears to show Cairo building wall ahead of Israeli offensive, satellite images show

ABC

In short: Satellite photos appear to show Egypt building a wall along its border with Gaza, near the city of Rafah. Satellite photos appear to show Egypt building a wall along its border with Gaza, near the city of Rafah. Egypt is levelling land and building a wall near its border with Gaza ahead of a planned Israeli offensive on …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Egypt is building a new walled buffer zone more than 2 miles wide on Gaza border, satellite images show

CNN

CNN — Egypt is building a massive miles-wide buffer zone and wall along its border with southern Gaza, new satellite images show, as fears grow over Israel’s planned ground offensive in Rafah where more than half of Gaza’s population is sheltering. This satellite image from Maxar Technologies shows Egypt building a massive miles-wide buffer zone, and border wall, along its …

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1 year ago

U.S.-funded infrastructure in Gaza largely unscathed as death toll soars

Associated Press

Less than a year before a Hamas attack out of Gaza sparked a war, one of the oldest and largest sports complexes in the Palestinian territories got a much-needed overhaul: brand-new basketball, volleyball and tennis courts, a soccer field, a running track and, for the first time, accessible bathrooms. “It causes a bit of cognitive dissonance, I would say,” said …

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1 year ago

How humans have changed the Earth’s surface in 2023

BBC

How humans have changed the Earth’s surface in 2023 Maxar Technologies From new artificial islands to the environmental devastation caused by the breach of Ukraine's Kakhovka Dam – this is how humanity has changed the face of our planet throughout the past year. Maxar Technologies Pearson Reef – also known as Phan Vinh Island – is now many times its …

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1 year ago

In maps and satellite images: Unfolding of the Israel-Gaza ceasefire

India Today

At least 85 of 240 Israeli and foreign hostages, including children, women and the elderly, have been released – in different tranches – nearly six weeks after the bloody October 7 attack by Hamas terrorists. Humanitarian aid supplies being unloaded at Egypt’s El Arish airport As per media reports, Etihad Boeing 777 carried out ‘mercy mission’ by airlifting wounded Palestinians …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Gaza looks like a wasteland from space in these before-and-after photos

Associated Press

BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip — Apartment buildings are crumpled. The destruction of areas of northern Gaza is visible from space in satellite images taken before and after Israeli airstrikes, which followed the raids carried out by Hamas militants on Oct. 7. This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows before significant damage in Atatra, northern Gaza, on May 10, 2023. This …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Hundreds likely dead in Gaza hospital blast, as Israeli blockade cripples medical response

CNN

CNN — Palestinian officials say hundreds were killed by a massive blast at a Gaza hospital on Tuesday, as humanitarian concerns mount over Israel’s deprivation of food, fuel and electricity to the enclave’s population. Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images Israeli soldiers work on armored military vehicles along Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip, on November 20. Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu/Getty Images Injured civilians …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Maps: Tracking the Attacks in Israel and Gaza

New York Times

Maps: Tracking the Attacks in Israel and Gaza Israel bulldozes more of Gaza as its invasion continues to advance south Israel has bulldozed large areas of Gaza — including beachfronts, farmland, forests and homes — to make fortified positions for military vehicles as they advance across the enclave. Evidence of armored vehicles and extensive damage near Khan Younis Israel began …

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1 year, 3 months ago

AP PHOTOS: Satellite images show flood devastation that killed more than 11,000 in Libya

Associated Press

DERNA, Libya — Images taken by satellite show the physical devastation from a flood that killed at least 11,300 people in the eastern Libyan city of Derna. This combination of satellite images from Maxar Technologies shows a coastal roadway in Derna, Libya, on July 1, 2023, top, and the same flood damaged area on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. This combination …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Searchers race to recover bodies in Libyan city where 5,100 died in flooding after 2 dams collapsed

Associated Press

DERNA, Libya — Search teams combed streets, wrecked buildings and even the sea Wednesday to look for bodies in a coastal Libyan city where the collapse of two dams unleashed a massive flash flood that killed at least 5,100 people. This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows a dam collapse in Derna, Libya, on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. This …

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1 year, 4 months ago

At least 36 killed, thousands displaced as wildfires devastate Hawaii's Lahaina

ABC

At least 36 people have died in the Lahaina fire in Hawaii, Maui County wrote in a statement posted to the county website. Key points: At least 36 people have died in wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui, authorities report The fires, stoked by strong winds from the passing Hurricane Dora, took the island by surprise 11,000 travellers were …

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1 year, 4 months ago

The wildfires scorching Maui have killed at least 53 people and reduced communities to ashes

CNN

Editor’s Note: Find Friday’s Maui wildfires story here. The “older neighborhood” of Lahaina, an economic hub in western Maui that drew millions of tourists each year, is destroyed, Maui County Mayor Richard T. Bissen Jr. said in a Thursday afternoon news conference. Live updates: Deadly wildfires burn across Maui Here’s the latest • Billions of dollars in losses: While it’s …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Satellite images reveal scale of destruction after Nova Kakhovka dam attack

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The critical soviet-era Nova Kakhovka dam, which lies along …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Iran has a direct route to send Russia weapons – and Western powers can do little to stop the shipments

CNN

CNN — The waters of the Caspian Sea appear deceptively calm. At the end of 2022, Lloyd’s List Intelligence data shows there was an uptick in “probable dark port calls” to Russia and Iran’s Caspian Sea ports, Diakun said. “There’s a correlation between Russia requesting drones from Iran, dark port calls in the Caspian Sea, and an increase in dark …

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1 year, 8 months ago

California’s superblooms are so dramatic you can see them from space: Here are satellite photos

LA Times

Overview of wildflower blooms in Palmdale on April 10, 2023. Flowers were visible from space at Carrizo Plain National Monument in San Luis Obispo County on April 4. Wildflowers on hillsides at Carrizo Plain National Monument in San Luis Obispo County on April 4, 2023. On April 9, Shell Creek Road in San Luis Obispo County was enveloped in bright …

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Mayotte cyclone before and after images show ‘nuclear war-like’ destruction

Mayotte: Cyclone Chido pummels French territory in Indian Ocean

Satellite photos show Franklin fire threatening Malibu neighborhoods

Kursk photos show how Ukraine’s gamble on an incursion deep into Russia changed the battlefield

Ukraine gambled on an incursion deep into Russian territory. The bold move changed the battlefield

Putin’s summer residence gets new air defenses as Ukraine steps up drone attacks

Hurricane Beryl: Aerial images show before and after of storm’s destruction

At least 2,000 feared dead in Papua New Guinea landslide. These are some challenges rescuers face

The true toll of the war in Ukraine is measured in bodies. This man brings them home, one at a time

Construction along Egypt-Gaza border appears to show Cairo building wall ahead of Israeli offensive, satellite images show

Egypt is building a new walled buffer zone more than 2 miles wide on Gaza border, satellite images show

U.S.-funded infrastructure in Gaza largely unscathed as death toll soars

How humans have changed the Earth’s surface in 2023

In maps and satellite images: Unfolding of the Israel-Gaza ceasefire

Gaza looks like a wasteland from space in these before-and-after photos

Hundreds likely dead in Gaza hospital blast, as Israeli blockade cripples medical response

Maps: Tracking the Attacks in Israel and Gaza

AP PHOTOS: Satellite images show flood devastation that killed more than 11,000 in Libya

Searchers race to recover bodies in Libyan city where 5,100 died in flooding after 2 dams collapsed

At least 36 killed, thousands displaced as wildfires devastate Hawaii's Lahaina

The wildfires scorching Maui have killed at least 53 people and reduced communities to ashes

Satellite images reveal scale of destruction after Nova Kakhovka dam attack

Iran has a direct route to send Russia weapons – and Western powers can do little to stop the shipments

California’s superblooms are so dramatic you can see them from space: Here are satellite photos