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English: After a 5,000 Mile (8,046 Kilometer) trip across the Atlantic, Hurricane Sam is on the verge of turning extratopical within the next day or so, it was one of the longest lasting Major Hurricanes on record with it holding major status for almost 8 days, with a ACE score of 52.3 it was the 8th highest ACE score in any hurricane ever recorded in the satellite era and the highest since Hurricane Irma back in 2017. Hurricane Sam was the eighteenth named storm, seventh hurricane, and fourth major hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. Sam originated from a tropical wave from Africa on September 19. Sam became a depression on September 23 it would gradually strengthen into a tropical storm later that day. On September 24 Sam rapidly intensified into a Category 1 hurricane the intensification slowed for about 12 hours. On September 25 Hurricane Sam rapidly intensified in throughout the day going from a Category 2 hurricane to a Category 4 hurricane on that day. Hurricane Sam continued to intensify on September 26 where it reached a peak intensity of 155 MPH (250 KMH; 135 KNOTS) with a pressure of 929 millibars (hPa) around 21:00 (UTC) on that day. Sam became as intense as Hurricane Ida which occurred earlier in the season though Hurricane Sam sustained wind were higher than Ida's making Sam the strongest Hurricane in the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season so far. Sam went through a weakening phase with a eyewall replacement cyclone on September 27 where it weakened into a Category 3 hurricane. early on September 28 Hurricane Sam once again became a Category 4 hurricane while passing northeast of the Leeward Islands. Sam would continue to intensify for the next 3 days and within those three days NOAA sent out a saildrone into Sam giving the public inside look of a Hurricane out in the ocean. Hurricane Sam reached a secondary peak of 150 MPH (240 KMH; 130 KNOTS) with a pressure of 934 millibars (hPa) on October 1 at 09:00 (UTC) while it was passing by Bermuda from the southwest to the northeast, Sam continued to weaken from there onward while it moved north away from the North American Continent, this satellite loop of Hurricane Sam was provided from red visible band aboard NOAA's GOES-16 satellite on October 4, 2021 between 09:00 to 17:10 (UTC) (which corresponds to 5:00 AM to 1:00 PM). the website this loop came from was from NASA's worldview website.