Storm Leslie, October 2018
Storm Leslie, October 2018. Satellite image of the remains of Storm Leslie over western Europe on 15 October 2018. This weather event originated over the Atlantic as a tropical storm on 22 September, reaching hurricane strength on 3 October and again on 10 October. It made landfall in Europe on 13 October as an extratropical cyclone, causing destruction, flooding and deaths in Portugal, Spain and France. This storm was part of the 2018-19 European windstorm season. Image data obtained between 10:38 and 10:51 UTC on 15 October 2018, by the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) sensor on the Terra satellite. Photo by UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
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