Typhoon Ketsana (20W), off the Philippine Islands

Typhoon Ketsana spins north, northeast away from the Philippine Islands in this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image captured by the Terra satellite on October 21, 2003, at 1:55 UTC. At the time this image was taken, the storm had sustained winds of 144 miles per hour with gusts to 173 miles per hour, the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.

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Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published October 21, 2003
Data acquired October 21 - 21, 2003

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Topics:

Atmosphere > Atmospheric Phenomena > Hurricanes

Atmosphere > Atmospheric Phenomena > Typhoons