See Hurricane Gert from Space in NOAA Satellite Video

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By Tariq Malik
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Hurricane Gert may now be just a post-tropical cyclone, but earlier this week it was a raging hurricane and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has the video to prove it. 

Seen here is a view of Gert as it appeared to NOAA's GOES-East weather satellite between Aug. 13 and 16. As you can see, the storm was churning well offshore in the Atlantic Ocean. But by Thursday (Aug. 17), Gert was on its final legs as a hurricane, according to a NASA update by Rob Gutro and Hal Pierce of the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center.

At 5 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT) on Thursday, NOAA issued its final alert for the storm. At the time, Gert was about about 860 miles (1,390 km) east of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, with maximum sustained winds of  near 65 mph (100 km/h) and weakening.

Gert will eventually merge with, or be absorbed by, another weather system in the Atlantic Ocean, Gutro and Pierce.

Note: Video edited by Space.com senior producer Steve Spaleta.

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Tariq Malik
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Tariq is the Editor-in-Chief of Space.com and joined the team in 2001, first as an intern and staff writer, and later as an editor. He covers human spaceflight, exploration and space science, as well as skywatching and entertainment. He became Space.com's Managing Editor in 2009 and Editor-in-Chief in 2019. Before joining Space.com, Tariq was a staff reporter for The Los Angeles Times covering education and city beats in La Habra, Fullerton and Huntington Beach. In October 2022, Tariq received the Harry Kolcum Award for excellence in space reporting from the National Space Club Florida Committee. He is also an Eagle Scout (yes, he has the Space Exploration merit badge) and went to Space Camp four times as a kid and a fifth time as an adult. He has journalism degrees from the University of Southern California and New York University. You can find Tariq at Space.com and as the co-host to the This Week In Space podcast with space historian Rod Pyle on the TWiT network. To see his latest project, you can follow Tariq on Twitter @tariqjmalik.