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Collection:
NASA Earth Observatory Collection
Title:
Hurricane Jeanne
Description:
Hurricane Jeanne spins in the Atlantic Ocean about 855 kilometers (530 miles) east of the Bahamas in this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image, captured by NASA?s Terra satellite on September 22, 2004. Though only a Category 2 hurricane, Jeanne has already been a deadly storm. Over 700 have died in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico as a result of floods triggered by Jeanne?s torrential rains. Jeanne currently has winds of 160 kilometers per hour (100 mph) and is moving south at 7 kilometers per hour (5 mph). Though the storm?s course has not been easy to predict, the National Hurricane Center expects the storm to turn west and move towards the United States early next week.

The large image provided above is at MODIS? maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response Team provides the image in additional resolutions and formats.

NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MOD IS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
Satellite - Sensor:
Terra- MODIS
facet_what:
Terra
facet_where:
Atlantic Ocean
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Bahamas
facet_where:
Puerto Rico
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Dominican Republic
facet_where:
Haiti
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
United States of America
facet_when:
September 22, 2004
facet_when_year:
2004
UID:
SPD-ETOBS-12455
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Hurricane Jeanne