Typhoon Sinlaku (22W) off China

After tearing through the Okinawan island chain and Taiwan late last week, Typhoon Sinlaku slammed into China this weekend, causing as many as 26 deaths and $100 million in destruction. The typhoon can be seen making landfall over China in this true-color image taken on September 6, 2002, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA’s Terra spacecraft. When the typhoon hit China, it was packing winds of up to 87 miles (144 kilometers) per hour. The typhoon destroyed over a quarter of a million acres of cropland, collapsed tens of thousands of buildings, and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes. More than 1,500 people have been killed this year in China as a result of flooding and severe storms.

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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published September 7, 2002
Data acquired September 6 - 6, 2002

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Topics:

Atmosphere > Atmospheric Phenomena > Typhoons

Hydrosphere > Surface Water > Floods

Collection:

MODIS Rapid Response