An animation of false color infrared images from the GOES West weather satellite shows the powerful Bering Sea storm swirling across Alaska's Aleutian Islands. (Images: SSEC/University of Wisconsin, Madison. Animation: Tom Yulsman) As the monster storm that once was Super Typhoon Nuri swept toward the western Aleutian Islands, bringing hurricane force winds and 50-foot waves, it may have been one for the record books. But luckily, there are no reported injuries or significant damage on the sparsely populated islands.
Source: Ocean Prediction Center One measure of the strength of a storm is the atmospheric pressure at its center. The lowest pressure ever recorded in a North Pacific storm was 925 millibars, measured in Dutch Harbor in 1977. The pressure at the heart of the current storm is estimated to have bottomed out at 924 mb, which would make it the strongest on record for this part of the world. (Click ...
