19/09/2017- imagem do furacão Maria da categoria 5, que se deslocou pelo mar do Caribe Oriental, foi realizada no dia 19 de setembro às 11HM da EDT do satélite GOES East da NOAA.
Foto: NASA / NOAA GOES Project
Hurricane Maria Approaches the Leeward Islands
NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite captured this image of Hurricane Maria approaching the Leeward Island on September 18, 2017. As of 11:00 a.m., Maria was a category 3 hurricane located about 60 miles east of of Martinique and moving toward the west-northwest near 10 miles per hour. Forecasters with the National Hurricane Center say Maria, which has maximum sustained winds of near 120 miles per hour, is expected to be a “dangerous major hurricane” as it moves through the Leeward Islands and the northeastern Caribbean Sea.
Foto: CIRA