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A photo of Hurricane Florence, taken on Monday, Sept. 10, 2018 from the International Space Station. (Source: Astro Ricky / Twitter)
Hurricane Florence is currently a powerful Category 4 hurricane and is expected to make a dangerous impact it makes landfall along the coast of the U.S. southeast later this week.
To watch the size and power of the storm, a number of photos taken Monday from the International Space Station and astronaut Ricky Arnold show Florence's girth as the storm churns across the Atlantic Ocean.
This photo from Arnold is one of many on his Twitter feed of the Earth from the International Space Station. Florence is expected to remain a Category 4 storm when it makes landfall.
In the Atlantic at 8:10 AM EDT Sept. 10. With winds of 115 miles an hour it could make landfall along the eastern seaboard of the U.S. late Thursday or early Friday. pic.twitter.com/DhEHhSeeDx
– Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) September 10, 2018
Astronaut Alexander Gerst also joined in the fun, explaining that the brave space men and women need wide-lense cameras to take these incredible photos.
The West End of Wilmington, NC. Governors in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia have been made mandatory evacuations and lane reversals. It's estimated that 1 million people will be impacted by Florence's arrival.
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