Hurricane Florence, the dangerous storm that government forecasters say will likely be “the storm of a lifetime,” is headed towards the East Coast and is expected to approach the coasts of the Carolinas on Thursday and Friday.
A reconnaissance aircraft sent into the eye of the hurricane by NOAA found that as of 2 p.m., the storm was packing wind speeds of 125 miles per hour with higher wind gusts. Florence is now a category 3 hurricane. The National Hurricane Center warned that the Florence is forecast “to be an extremely dangerous major hurricane when it nears the U.S. coast on Friday.”
While Florence churns in the Atlantic, it might be hard to judge the magnitude and size of this monster storm that forced people to flee their coastal homes.
But photos taken by the crew on the International Space Station provide an extreme close-up view of the storm and its immensity. Alexander Gerst, a German astronaut, posted the photos on Facebook. Gerst said the photos were taken with a super wide angle lens.
Separately, a video posted by the ISS that was captured by a high-definition camera showed the storm moving across the Atlantic at 7:50 a.m. eastern time.
You can see the photos and video below:
Photo: This image provided by NASA shows Hurricane Florence from the International Space Station on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, as it threatens the U.S. East Coast. Hurricane Florence is coming closer and getting stronger on a path to squat over North and South Carolina for days, surging over the coast, dumping feet of water deep inland and causing floods from the sea to the Appalachian Mountains and back again. (NASA via AP)
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