Cabo Verde Hit by First Hurricane in a Century

fred_amo_2015243Hurricane Fred is the first to hit Cabo Verde since 1892. The storm caused flash flooding and wind damage.

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on Terra  acquired this natural-color image of Fred off the west coast Africa at 11:15 a.m. on August 31, 2015 Cabo Verde time, when the storm was at it’s peak  Wind speeds reached 75 knots.

The MODIS instrument on Terra also captured images on September 1st as Fred weakened, becoming a tropical storm.

Read more on NASA’s Earth Observatory.

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