The monstrous Hurricane Ida strengthened to a category 4 as it made landfall in Louisiana today. Earlier, NASA astronaut Megan McArthur captured images of the storm aboard the International Space Station. "If you are/have been in its path, I'm thinking of you and hoping you stay safe," she wrote on Twitter.
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The French astronaut, Thomas Pesquet, also aboard ISS, shared images as well:
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For updated images of Hurricane Ida from space, check out this live feed: