Europes first lightning hunter has generated striking animations of severe storms hitting the Earth.
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The lightning imager could mitigate the impact.
Severe storms are often preceded by abrupt changes in lightning activity, said Phil Evans, director-general of Eumetsat.
Eumetsat said severe storms have caused an estimates 500bn of damages over the past 40 years in Europe alone.
In December 2022, the lightning imager launched aboard Europes latest weather satellite, the Meteosat Third Generation.
On Monday, we received the first results from the instrument: animationsof lightning descending across Earth.
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He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
Away from work, he enjoys playing chess (badly) and the guitar (even worse).
