NASA's 3-D look into Hurricane Igor's heavy rainfall

Friday, September 17, 2010 - 04:21 in Earth & Climate

NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite has provided a 3-D look at the power 'under the hood' (of clouds) in powerful Category 4 Hurricane Igor as it heads toward Bermuda. In the meantime, Igor is creating dangerous surf in the eastern Atlantic, and it will affect the U.S. East coast later today. Igor is an extremely dangerous category four hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale today, Sept. 16, and he is expected to remain a large and powerful hurricane over the next several days...

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