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Alastair Thompson
@althecat
Climate, Conflict, Politics, Africa. Editor https://t.co/b6HbxvlPDn (NZ) Reporting from France. https://t.co/LNVK0y9b2z #nzpol #DesertRain

Sep 28, 2022, 5 tweets

#ExtremeWeather #ClimateChangeNow
Sunrise Update #HurricaneIAN Update thread. (continuing story).

A #HurricaneHunter mission has upgraded #Ian to 155 MPH just 1 kmh short of Cat 5 status with 50kms till eyewall landfall.

This is going to be a US Prime Time storm - landfall is expected around breakfast time in the US - and will continue all day. The storm's track is significantly worse than expected - and the storm is significantly stronger than initially expected.

Practically speaking we are looking at a storm similar in strength to Hurricane Andrew in its landfall destruction potential with the rainfall and flooding potential of Katrina (New Orleans) or Harvey (Houston) - and consequently one of the most expensive in history.

This 12h animation - showing the strength of its outflows (an atmospheric river which is already arriving in Europe) provides another perspective on the scale of #HurricaneAndrew.

This animation shows the leading edge of #HurricaneIAN's atmospheric river arriving in Europe.

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