Hurricane Florence #3
by Science Photo Library
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Hurricane Florence #3
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Science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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Hurricane Florence. Satellite image of Hurricane Florence (upper centre) approaching the USA at 12:00 UTC on 12 September 2018. This storm formed on 30 August, reaching hurricane strength on 4-5 September, weakening, and then regaining hurricane strength by 9 September. It made landfall in the south-eastern and mid-Atlantic USA from 14-15 September, causing extensive flooding and destruction from rain, wind and storm surges. States of emergency and evacuation orders were declared along the threatened coasts (North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia). Image data obtained by the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) 16. This is an Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Full Disk (FD) image in GeoColor.
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February 18th, 2021
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