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Incredible footage from space shows massive lightning storms in Hurricane Irma

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All these flashing yellow dots are lightning storms.

They're all part of Hurricane Irma.

The storms were tracked by NOAA over a period of 80 hours from September 4th to the 9th.

There's a lot of lightning around the eye.

This is unusual — hurricanes usually don't have a lot of lightning.

That's because the winds are usually horizontal.

Vertical winds are usually needed to make lightning happen.

Irma has been downgraded to a category 4.

But it's still "extremely dangerous."

It has sustained winds near 155 mph.

The hurricane has already devastated parts of the Carribean.

It's expected to hit Florida late Saturday.

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