From January to February, 2024, the world has been gripped by a handful of extreme weather and climate events, like tropical cyclone, cold wave, rainstorm and forest fire which have exerted  pronounced impacts on some countries. Let's review some of those extreme weather events worldwide through the lens of FENGYUN (FY) meteorological satellites.

Fire monitoring of FY-3D on January 9, 2025 showed that the Eaton Fire and the Palisades Fire were still ongoing and intense, and notable smoke was visible over the two fire areas spreading into the Pacific Ocean.

The true color cloud image captured by FY-4B from 07:00 to 09:30 (Universal Time) on January 20, 2025 displayed that Tropical Cyclone Sean was located in the northwest part of Australia, showing an obvious spiral structure, and the center of the cyclone and its northwest and southeast sides were experiencing robust convection development.

Since February 2025, most portions of Japan have been in the grip of cold wave and heavy snowstorms. 24-hour 850hPa temperature change of FY-3E star on February 4, 2025 demonstrated that the temperature drop in central and northern Japan registered more than 5 ℃.

Since February 7, 2025, rainstorm incurred by frontal shear lines have continued to batter central and western portions of the Philippines and MIMAROPA District, triggering floods, landslides and severe weather events. FY-4B infrared enhanced monitoring images showed that on February 29, 2025, 16:00-24:00 (Universal Time), eastern and southern parts of the Philippines Bicor region, Visayas region, Caraga region and regions over the ocean surface saw very intense convection. And the affected areas continued to expand. The central cloud top bright temperature of the convection was lower than -80℃, bringing heavy rainfall to the area.

In collaboration with National Satellite Meteorological Centre (NSMC) of China Meteorological Administration (CMA)

Image credits to NSMC of CMA

Planned by/Editor: LIU Shuqiao