Hurricane Ian | September 28, 2022 Poster

The time of the GOES image, the storm had sustained winds of 155 miles (250 kilometres) per hour—making it a major category-4 hurricane and putting it near the threshold of a category-5 storm. Cloud bands already covered much of Florida. By afternoon, the category-4 storm made landfall near Cayo Costa in southwest Florida, according to the National Hurricane Centre. CREDIT: NASA - The satellite is operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); NASA helps develop and launch the GOES series of satellites.