As the Kincade Fire Was Whipped By Hurricane-Force Winds, Here's What It Looked Like From Space

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By Tom Yulsman
Oct 27, 2019 5:30 PMNov 18, 2019 5:46 PM
Kincade Fire
California’s Kincade Fire, as seen by the GOES-17 weather satellite on Oct. 27, 2019. Also visible is a blaze more than 50 miles away in Vallejo, CA — believed to have started from embers from the Kincade Fire.

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Early this morning, winds gusted to 93 miles per hour near California’s Kincade Fire.

A Category 1 hurricane is characterized by sustained winds of 74 to 95 miles per hour.

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