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The year’s first Northeast Pacific hurricane, Aletta, appears in this imagefrom the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS). On May 24, 2000 thehurricane was spinning 300 miles off the coast of Mexico with sustained winds of80 miles per hour and gusts up to 100 miles per hour.
For more information, see the SeaWiFS Project web site.
Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
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The major hurricane steered clear of land but delivered tropical storm conditions to coastal areas along its path.
The storm became a major hurricane while traversing the eastern Pacific but weakened as it approached the islands.
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