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Super Typhoon Haitang
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Super Typhoon Haitang |
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Super Typhoon Haitang is shown here bearing down on Taiwan on the morning of July 18, 2005. This image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite at 02:20 UTC (10:20 p.m. Taipei time). At this time, the typhoon had weakened slightly from a Category 4 to Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Sustained winds were around 200 kilometers per hour (105 knots) with peak gusts as high as 240 km/hr (130 knots). The super typhoon has started to come ashore in Taiwan. As it crosses the island, the storm is losing some of its strength, but may then rebuild slightly as it crosses the Taiwan Straits and comes ashore again in eastern China. Projections call for it to make landfall in mainland China on July 19. In Taiwan, the storm has caused significant damage especially in the coastal towns of Hualien and Suao. At least one casuality has been due to the storm, where a woman was swept away by a flash flooding river in Taoyuan County, west of Taipei. NASA image provided courtesy of Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response team. |
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Super Typhoon Halong in West
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Super Typhoon Halong in Western Pacific |
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On July 14, 2002, Super Typhoon Halong was east of Taiwan (left edge) in the western Pacific Ocean. At the time this image was taken the storm was a Category 4 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 115 knots (132 miles per hour), but as recently as July 12, winds were at 135 knots (155 miles per hour). Halong has moved northwards and pounded Okinawa, Japan, with heavy rain and high winds, just days after tropical Storm Chataan hit the country, creating flooding and killing several people. The storm is expected to be a continuing threat on Monday and Tuesday. This image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite on July 14, 2002. Please note that the high-resolution scene provided here is 500 meters per pixel. For a copy of the scene at the sensor's fullest resolution, visit the MODIS Rapid Response Image Gallery. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Super Typhoon Sepat
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Super Typhoon Sepat |
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Super Typhoon Sepat came ashore in Taiwan on August 17, 2007, after bringing torrential rain and flooding to the Philippines the day before. Flights to and from Tapei, the island's capital, were canceled and Chinese authorities were calling all ships at sea to come back to shore in anticipation of the powerful typhoon, said news reports. The typhoon was classified as Category 5 typhoon, [ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshs.shtml ] the very top of the scale, with sustained winds of 184 kilometers per hour (114 miles per hour), according to CNN. At 10:25 a.m. local time (02:25 UTC) on August 16, 2007, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this image, Super Typhoon Sepat was still well away from its coming encounter with the Philippines and Taiwan. Winds were measured at a sustained speed as high as 257 km/hr (161 mph) at the time of this image, according to the University of Hawaii's Tropical Storm Information Center. [ http://www.solar.ifa.hawaii.edu/Tropical/ ] The storm's strength is evident in this image from its large size, well-defined spiral structure, and obvious large eye. Some clouds are present in the central eye: a completely clear eye is a tell-tale sign of the most powerful storms, though some clouds can be present in the eye of a powerful storm, as is the case here. NASA image by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at Goddard Space Flight Center. |
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Typhoon Aere
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Typhoon Aere |
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The MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Typhoon Aere on August 23, 2004 at 2:25 UTC. At the this image was taken, Aere had maximum sustained winds of 130 km/hr (81 mph) and was moving towards the northwest at 19 km/hr (12 mph). This motion would put Aere over Taiwan within the next 24 hours. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions and formats. NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. |
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Typhoon Haitang Floods Taiwa
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Typhoon Haitang Floods Taiwan |
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Typhoon Haitang swept across Taiwan between July 18 and July 20, 2005, pounding the island with rain. During the storm, flood waters inundated much of southern Taiwan, damaging bridges and destroying crops. On July 25, a week after the storm first started to affect Taiwan, flooding was still evident when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured the top image. The lower image was taken on July 9, a little over a week before the storm hit the island. Flooding is visible in two places in the top image. First, the Peinan River of southeastern Taiwan is much larger than it was a few weeks earlier. On the west side of the island, several rivers are similarly swollen, and blue flood water covers what was dry, bare ground on July 9. Though water is normally black in this false-color combination, dirt colors the water blue, so the sediment-laden flood water on the island itself is blue. Vegetation is a brilliant green, bare land is pinkish tan, and clouds are white and pale blue. Typhoon Haitang and its associated floods killed 12 and caused millions of dollars of damage, according to local media reports.Daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_China6 ] of Taiwan are available from the MODIS Rapid Response Team. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Typhoon Haitang Floods Taiwa
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Typhoon Haitang Floods Taiwan |
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Typhoon Haitang swept across Taiwan between July 18 and July 20, 2005, pounding the island with rain. During the storm, flood waters inundated much of southern Taiwan, damaging bridges and destroying crops. On July 25, a week after the storm first started to affect Taiwan, flooding was still evident when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured the top image. The lower image was taken on July 9, a little over a week before the storm hit the island. Flooding is visible in two places in the top image. First, the Peinan River of southeastern Taiwan is much larger than it was a few weeks earlier. On the west side of the island, several rivers are similarly swollen, and blue flood water covers what was dry, bare ground on July 9. Though water is normally black in this false-color combination, dirt colors the water blue, so the sediment-laden flood water on the island itself is blue. Vegetation is a brilliant green, bare land is pinkish tan, and clouds are white and pale blue. Typhoon Haitang and its associated floods killed 12 and caused millions of dollars of damage, according to local media reports.Daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_China6 ] of Taiwan are available from the MODIS Rapid Response Team. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Typhoon Mindulle
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Typhoon Mindulle |
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The MODIS instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Typhoon Mindulle on June 29, 2004 at 2:20 UTC as the storm was located approximately 450 miles south-southeast of Tapei, Taiwan. At the time this image was taken, Mindulle had sustained winds of 144 mph with higher gusts to 173 mph. Mindulle was expected to drift towards the west and make landfall over the northern Philippines. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. |
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Typhoon Nanmadol
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Typhoon Nanmadol |
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Powerful Typhoon Nanmadol was preparing to make landfall in the Philippines on December 2, 2004, over the already battered Aurora province. Over the past two weeks, Luzon, the main island in the Philippines, has been lashed with three tropical storms—Nanmadol is number four. The toll from the first three storms, the most recent of which was Monday, is well over 1,000 with 479 dead and 560 missing, according to Reuters. Many of the deaths occurred along Luzon's east coast where floods and landslides buried three towns. Nanmadol's effects were already being felt over Luzon's east coast late on December 2, and many fear that the storm will make the situation worse. The government of the Philippines has already requested international aid to meet the needs of those whose homes were destroyed. This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) image shows Typhoon Nanmadol at 4:45 UTC, 12:45 p.m. in Manila. At that time, the storm had sustained winds of 240 kilometers per hour (150 mph) with gusts up to 296 kph (184 mph). Later in the day, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center reported that the storm's winds had slowed to 204 kph (127 mph) with gusts to 250 kph (155 mph). The storm is expected to move northwest over the Philippines, then turn northeast over Taiwan. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the MODIS Rapid Response team. |
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Typhoon Nock-Ten strikes Tai
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Typhoon Nock-Ten strikes Taiwan |
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Typhoon Nock-Ten hammered Taiwan with heavy rains and strong winds on October 25, 2004, killing at least four, according to media reports. Heavy rains drenched northeastern Taiwan, triggering extensive flooding. Though winds had dropped to about 170 kilometers per hour (100 mph) when the storm blew ashore, at its height, Nock-Ten?s maximum sustained winds reached 204 kilometers per hour (127 mph) with stronger gusts. This image of the storm was acquired on October 24, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA?s Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite a few hours after the storm began to weaken. Nock-Ten, ?bird? in Laotian, is the sixth typhoon to strike Taiwan and the 24th to develop in the western Pacific this year. After moving across northern Taiwan, the storm curved east over the East China Sea and weakened into an extra-tropical depression as it approached Japan?s southern islands on October 26. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the MODIS Rapid Response team. |
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Typhoon Rammasun on China Co
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Typhoon Rammasun on China Coast |
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Before winding down on July 6, 2002, Typhoon Rammasun reached Category 3 hurricane status, with maximum sustained winds of 110 knots (127 miles per hour). On July 4, 2002, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) captured this image of the storm off the coast of China and Taiwan (partially cloud covered). The storm veered northward and eventually made landfall over Korea, where it broke up. Please note that the high-resolution scene provided here is 500 meters per pixel. For a copy of the scene at the sensor's fullest resolution, visit the MODIS Rapid Response Image Gallery. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Typhoon Rananim
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Typhoon Rananim |
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The MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Typhoon Rananim on August 12 at 2:40 UTC. At the time this image was taken, Rananim was located approximately 150 nm northeast of Taipei, Taiwan and had maximum sustained winds of 90 knots with higher gusts 110 knots. Rananim was moving towards the north-northwest at 13 knots. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions and formats. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. |
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Typhoon Saomai
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Typhoon Saomai |
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Typhoon Saomai formed in the western Pacific on August 4, 2006, as a tropical depression. Within a day, it had become organized enough to be classified as a tropical storm, and continued to grow, becoming a Category 1 typhoon a day later. Just as Saomai crossed the threshold to typhoon status, a tropical depression formed in the same general area, reaching storm status on August 7, at which point it was named Bopha. As of August 9, Bopha and Saomai were both heading roughly west, with Bopha projected to pass directly over Taiwan, while Saomai was projected to pass north of the island before making landfall on the Asian mainland. This photo-like image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] on the Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite on August 9, 2006, at 10:05 a.m. local time (02:05 UTC). Bopha had developed a strong cyclonic shape, and although the storm system does not have a well-developed eye, the "boiling" clouds around the center suggest thunderstorm activity. Typhoon Saomai appears similar in size to Bopha, but it was a much more powerful storm. At the time of this image, Bopha had sustained peak winds of roughly 82 kilometers per hour (52 miles per hour), while Typhoon Saomai had sustained winds of around 140 km/hr (85 mph), according to the University of Hawaii's Tropical Storm Information Center. [ http://www.solar.ifa.hawaii.edu/Tropical/tropical.html ] Tropical Storm Maria, which was in the picture [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13754 ] with Bopha and Saomai on August 7, had moved farther north as of August 9, when MODIS captured this image. The high-resolution image provided above is provided at the full MODIS spatial resolution (level of detail) of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions. [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2006220-0808/Saomai.A2006220.0205 ] NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] Goddard Space Flight Center. |
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Typhoon Shanshan
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Typhoon Shanshan |
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Typhoon Shanshan formed on September 10, 2006, in the western Pacific well off the coast of the Philippine Islands. Over the course of the next 36 hours, it grew from a tropical depression (area of low pressure) to a typhoon. As of September 14, it was projected to travel northwest towards China, but to veer off to the northeast well before reaching Taiwan. It was not predicted to come ashore or strike any major urban centers, though it might bring high winds and rain to Vladivostok in Russia on September 19 if predictions held true. This photo-like image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] on the Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite on September 14, 2006, at 10:25 a.m. local time (02:25 UTC). Shanshan at the time of this image was a well-defined, spiraling swirl of clouds, with a distinct but cloud-filled ("closed") eye. Shanshan had sustained winds of around 140 kilometers per hour (85 miles per hour) at the time this satellite image was acquired, according to the University of Hawaii's Tropical Storm Information Center. [ http://www.solar.ifa.hawaii.edu/Tropical/tropical.html ] NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] team. |
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Typhoon Sinlaku
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Typhoon Sinlaku |
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On September 6, 2002, Typhoon Sinlaku grazed the northern half of Taiwan, forcing hundreds from their homes. The typhoon can be seen sweeping by Taiwan in this true-color image taken on September 6 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA?s Terra spacecraft. The typhoon blew quickly by the island, packing sustained winds of 90 miles (145 kilometers) per hour. High surf and flash floods hit the island and led to the evacuation of 1,500 people from their homes. Two people were reported as missing. Relatively little property damage occurred as a result of the typhoon. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Typhoon Sinlaku
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Typhoon Sinlaku |
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On September 6, 2002, Typhoon Sinlaku grazed the northern half of Taiwan, forcing hundreds from their homes. The typhoon can be seen sweeping by Taiwan in this true-color image taken on September 6 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA?s Terra spacecraft. The typhoon blew quickly by the island, packing sustained winds of 90 miles (145 kilometers) per hour. High surf and flash floods hit the island and led to the evacuation of 1,500 people from their homes. Two people were reported as missing. Relatively little property damage occurred as a result of the typhoon. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Typhoon Talim
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Typhoon Talim |
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Typhoon Talim was a powerful super typhoon in the western Pacific when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this image on August 30, 2005. At this time, 11:00 a.m. Tokyo time, it had sustained winds of around 250 kilometers an hour (155 miles per hour) and was heading towards Taiwan at around 15 miles per hour. It was predicted to continue to build strength and strike Taiwan on September 2, and then to continue across the Taiwan Strait to make landfall again on mainland China perhaps a day later. The typhoon was at Category 4 strength as of August 30, making it another super typhoon. It should be a weaker Category 1 regular typhoon when it comes ashore on the mainland. It is the 13th named storm of the Pacific typhoon season, which has seen a record number of storms, and in particular, super typhoons. The large image provided above has a resolution of 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response Team provides the image in additional resolutions [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2005242-0830/Talim.A2005242.0200 ], including MODIS' maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel. NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC |
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Typhoon Talim
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Typhoon Talim |
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Typhoon Talim was a powerful super typhoon in the western Pacific when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this image on August 31, 2005 at 11:20 a.m. Tokyo time. It had sustained winds of around 200 kilometers an hour (120 miles per hour) and was heading towards Taiwan at around 15 miles per hour. This is somewhat weaker than it was just a day before. The outer edge of the storm is starting to rain onto Taiwan in this image, and the full storm should make landfall in the next day. The typhoon will continue to weaken as it travels over the island, then continue across the Taiwan Strait to make landfall again on mainland China. It is the 13th named storm of the Pacific typhoon season, which has seen a record number of storms, and in particular, super typhoons. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the MODIS Rapid Response team. |
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Typhoon Tingting
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Typhoon Tingting |
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Typhoons Mindulle and Tingting spin side by side in the Pacific Ocean on June 30, 2004. Mindulle (image left) left seven dead and two missing (according to news reports) after it scraped across the Philippines on June 29 with winds reaching up to 173 miles per hour. When the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS) on NASA?s Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite snapped this image the next day, the maximum wind speed had slowed to 125 miles per hour. Mindulle appears to be moving towards Taiwan and the eastern coast of China, shown in the upper left corner of this image. On June 29 and 30, Typhoon Tingting was dumping heavy rain on Guam and the Northern Marianas. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center [ https://metoc.npmoc.navy.mil//jtwc.html ] reported that the storm had maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour with gusts up to 92 miles per hour. This true-color MODIS image was acquired on June 30, 2004. It is available in multiple resolutions from the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ javascript:openNASAWindow('http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2004182-0630/MindulleTingting.A2004182.0430') ] at Goddard Space Flight Center. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC |
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Typhoon Tingting
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Typhoon Tingting |
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Typhoons Mindulle and Tingting spin side by side in the Pacific Ocean on June 30, 2004. Mindulle (image left) left seven dead and two missing (according to news reports) after it scraped across the Philippines on June 29 with winds reaching up to 173 miles per hour. When the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS) on NASA?s Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite snapped this image the next day, the maximum wind speed had slowed to 125 miles per hour. Mindulle appears to be moving towards Taiwan and the eastern coast of China, shown in the upper left corner of this image. On June 29 and 30, Typhoon Tingting was dumping heavy rain on Guam and the Northern Marianas. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center [ https://metoc.npmoc.navy.mil//jtwc.html ] reported that the storm had maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour with gusts up to 92 miles per hour. This true-color MODIS image was acquired on June 30, 2004. It is available in multiple resolutions from the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ javascript:openNASAWindow('http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2004182-0630/MindulleTingting.A2004182.0430') ] at Goddard Space Flight Center. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC |
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