Idalia Roars Into the Gulf of Mexico
Fueled by unusually warm waters, the hurricane is forecast to rapidly intensify before barreling into Florida.
This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Idalia Roars Into the Gulf of Mexico.
NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin and Wanmei Liang, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview and sea surface temperature data from the Multiscale Ultrahigh Resolution (MUR) project. Story by Emily Cassidy.
Published August 29, 2023
Data acquired August 29, 2023
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