NASA publishes an incredible video of Hurricane Florence from space

As Hurricane Florence continues to head for the Carolinas, NASA has released a remarkable video of the storm with winds of around 130 km / h.

The video, taken with a high-definition camera outside the International Space Station, shows a "raw and sobering" view of the Category 4 storm that travels in the northwest northwest across the Atlantic.

"The National Hurricane Center is planning an additional boost to Florence before it reaches the coastline of North Carolina and South Carolina on Friday morning, Sept. 14," NASA wrote in the description of the video.

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Astronaut Ricky Arnold, who is aboard the ISS, also took a picture of the storm, writing that the ISS crew was thinking of those who will be affected " by its ravages.

Hurricane Florence, a powerful Category 4 storm, could stop on the shores of Carolina and move slightly south towards South Carolina, becoming "a major flood," according to meteorologist Janice Dean.

The storm, which is expected to affect millions of people this week in the southeastern United States, is expected to cause a storm surge and life-threatening rains in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, and parts of the Mid-Atlantic. Center (NHC) said.

Those who look at Florence cautiously compared this to hurricanes Fran and Hugo, who devastated North Carolina and South Carolina respectively more than two decades ago.

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"This is not exactly comparable to Hugo, but it is expected to be a major hurricane that hits the ground, so in this sense it will be like Hugo," said Meteorologist Jake Wimberley of the National Weather Service at Charlotte Observer.

Fox News' Zoe Szathmary and Kaitlyn Schallhorn contributed to this report. Follow Chris Ciaccia on Twitter @Chris_Ciaccia