Tropical Storm Ida Passes Over The Southern U.S.
(NASA) Captured in the early morning hours of Monday, Aug. 30, Tropical Storm Ida is seen moving inland over portions of southeastern Louisiana, southern Mississippi, and southern Alabama. A NOAA...
Updated: August 30, 2021 (Originally published August 29, 2021)
NASA–Hurricane Ida is seen in this image taken aboard the International Space Station. The dangerous hurricane made landfall in Louisiana on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, with maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour, or 241 kilometers per hour. The image was shared on European Space Agency astronaut and Expedition 65 crew member Thomas Pesquet‘s Twitter account, as the storm churned in the Gulf of Mexico ahead of its landfall.
Image credit: European Space Agency
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