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Formation and Decay of Hurricane Bertha

Bertha strengthened as it slowly moved west over the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Bertha grew from a tropical storm to a major hurricane (Category 3 storm).

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Formation and Decay of Hurricane Bertha.

Images produced by Hal Pierce and caption by Steve Lang and Holli Riebeek.

Published July 17, 2008
Data acquired July 4 - 13, 2008

Source:: TRMM