The astronauts abord the International Space Station took this compelling video of Hurricane Dean, the dangerous category four storm in the Caribbean. Hurricane Dean is now headed for the Yucatan Peninsula. Dean has maximum sustained winds of 150 mph.
The crewmembers aboard the space station took a short break Saturday to get a look at the storm from their vantage point. Even from space, the storm expected to reach the Gulf of Mexico Aug. 21 and gain strength as a potential Cat 5 storm, impresses the crew with its size.
