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Near Miss in Madagascar

Tropical Cyclone Hellen approached the African island of Madagascar as a powerful Category 4 storm, but weakened just before coming ashore.


NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published April 6, 2014
Data acquired March 30, 2014

Source:
Terra > MODIS
Topic:
Atmosphere > Atmospheric Phenomena > Cyclones
Collection:
MODIS Rapid Response