Hurricane Ivan

  • Credit

    Image provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

When Hurricane Ivan blasted through Pensacola, Florida, it cut apart a bridge on the heavily traveled Interstate 10. The gap in the bridge is visible in this ASTER image, acquired on September 21, 2004.

Hurricane Ivan continues to churn quickly across the Caribbean Sea, moving northwest at about 20 kilometers per hour (13 mph). In this image, captured by the Sea-viewing Wide Field of View Sensor (SeaWiFS) on September 10, 2004, the storm is approaching Jamaica and Cuba, seen obliquely on the left edge of the image. At the time this image was taken, Ivan’s winds had decreased to 220 kilometers per hour (140 mph), and the storm was producing 15 to 25 centimeters (6 to 10 inches) of rain. Ivan was expected to hit Jamaica late on September 10, and then move north over Cuba and into Florida. For information about Hurricane Ivan, please visit the National Hurricane Center.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    OrbView-2/SeaWiFS

  • Start Date

    2004-09-10

  • Event Start Date

    2004-09-05

  • NH Image ID

    12426

  • NH Event ID

    10475

  • NH Posting Date

    2004-09-10