Satellite View of Typhoon Haiyan

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image of typhoon Haiyan approaching Vietnam on November 10, 2013. The storm was tracking northwest and slowly weakening prior to landfall in northern Vietnam on Sunday evening (Monday morning, local time). As of early Sunday morning, the storm had maximum sustained winds of about 90 miles (145 kilometers) per hour, the equivalent of a category 1 storm.

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Unique identifier: GP04Y6Z

Type: Image

Shoot date: 10/11/2013

Locations: Asia, Pacific Ocean, Viet Nam

Credit line: © NASA

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Satellite View of Typhoon Haiyan

NASA satellite images show Super Typhoon Haiyan (locally named Yolanda) which first made landfall in the Philippines at 4:40 a.m. local time (20:40 Universal Time) on November 7, 2013. Preliminary reports suggested the storm roared ashore near Guinan (Samar Province), in the Philippines where ground stations recorded sustained winds of 235 kilometers (145 miles) per hour and gusts to 275 kilometers (170 miles) per hour. According to remote sensing data from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, sustained winds approached 315 kph (195 mph) just three hours before landfall, with gusts to 380 kph (235 mph).

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