| NASA Center: |
Goddard Space Flight Center |
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| Image # : |
H-89-02 |
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| Date : |
08/01/1989
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Title
Hurricane Fran
Full Description
The GOES weather satellites took this image of Hurricane Fran just as it was
beginning its disastrous journey north along the East Coast in 1996. The storm
slammed into North Carolina's southern coast on September 5 with sustained winds
of approximately 115 mph and gusts as high as 125 mph. At one point, 1.7 million
customers in North Carolina and 400,000 customers in Virginia lost electricity.
The storm caused about $5 billion in damages in North Carolina alone, making
Fran the third most costly hurricane in U.S. history.
Keywords
GOES Weather Satellite Hurricane Fran
Subject Category
Earth Science,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
GSFC
- Center Number:
H-89-02
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001331
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
| Resolution | Format | Width
(Pixels) | Height
(Pixels) | Size
(KBytes) |
Thumbnail |
.jpg |
90 |
71 |
16 |
Small |
.jpg |
640 |
505 |
370 |
Medium |
.jpg |
1500 |
1184 |
1,847 |
Large |
.jpg |
1 |
1080 |
1,541 |
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