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Typhoon Krathon Nears Taiwan

Once the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane, the typhoon weakened and stalled off the island’s southwest coast.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Typhoon Krathon Nears Taiwan.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang and Lauren Dauphin, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) and Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Emily Cassidy.

Published October 2, 2024
Data acquired September 30, 2024