Keywords: Hurricane Michael of 2000.JPG Hurricane Michael was spinning about 250 miles off the Carolina coast on Wednesday Oct 18 with sustained winds of 75 miles per hour 120 km per hour This true-color image acquired by the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor SeaWiFS shows the hurricane located about 370 miles west-southwest of Bermuda and heading north-northwest at the stately pace of 7 miles per hour 11 km per hour The storm was expected to weaken considerably by Thursday Oct 19 Michael is the thirteenth named storm in the Atlantic this year Forecasters predicted there would be thirteen storms in the 2000 hurricane season which runs from June 1 through November 30 http //earthobservatory nasa gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images php3 img_id 4282 2000-10-18 Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and ORBIMAGE PD-SeaWiFS Hurricane Michael 2000 |