Idalia Spawns Major Winds

The hurricane rapidly intensified over the Gulf of Mexico, weakening only slightly before making landfall over Florida.

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NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin and Wanmei Liang, using GEOS-5 data from the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office at NASA GSFC and MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published August 30, 2023
Data acquired August 29 - 30, 2023

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Science in Action