Hurricane Alex, located about 80 miles south-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, as observed by NASA Spaceborne Atmospheric Infrared Sounder AIRS.

These images of hurricane Alex were captured on August 3, 2004 at 1:30pm EDT. Located in the Atlantic Ocean located about 80 miles south-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, Alex is now a category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds were near 100 mph (161 kph). Alex's center was about 65 miles (104 kilometers) northeast of Cape Hatteras and moving away from the U.S. coast.

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