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#Milton one-stop page: The latest storm forecasts, maps, imagery and more

Latest on Hurricane Helene’s impacts on NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information

Helene drone flight breaks records for data collection and flying time

More NOAA news and features

Hurricane Helene aftermath

Ocean & Coasts

Weather

Aerial view of a destroyed building in Asheville, North Carolina, collected by NOAA aircraft on October 5, 2024.

Aerial images of Hurricane Helene damage now online

RESEARCH

Research

Sunrise behind the National Science Foundation’s Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. This sunrise on September 202024 marked the start of spring in the Southern Hemisphere after six months of darkness for staff at NOAA's South Pole Observatory.

Photo feature: ‘The sun is finally back' at the South Pole

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Satellites

Charting

A geodesist on the National Mall looks through a surveying device.

Planet NOAA Podcast Episode 9: Charting Earth’s course

Episode 9: Charting Earth’s course

#Milton to grow larger, poses 'extremely serious' threat to Florida