![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090901002429im_/http://veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov//4143/kenna_24oct02_tn.jpg)
Images & Animations
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Credit
Image by Jesse Allen, NASA Earth Observatory; data provided by the MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
Packing winds of 160 miles per hour (257 km per hour), Hurricane Kenna intensified into a Category 5 storm on Oct. 25, 2002. Kenna is shown in this true-color image bearing down on Mexico’s west coast.
This scene was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA’s Terra satellite, on October 24. Category 5 hurricanes, the strongest category, are capable of causing catastrophic damage. The storm is predicted to make landfall by late morning on Oct. 25.
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Terra/MODIS -
Visualization Date
2002-10-25