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Hurricane Fran
Hurricane Fran - September 4, 1996:
Hurricane Fran as she approached the U.S. coast on September 4, 1996. This 3D view looking north was
made from satellite imagery collected from the NOAA-14 polar-orbiting meteorological satellite and
processed at the USGS Center for Coastal Geology. The sensor which captured this image is the Advanced
Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR). Florida is on the left side and the Carolinas are to the upper
left. [view large version]
1996 Atlantic Hurricane Season: Thirteen named storms,
including nine hurricanes, formed in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and
Gulf of Mexico in 1996. Four storms, including Hurricanes Bertha
and Fran, made landfall in the U.S.
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