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Typhoon Nanmadol

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Dec 02, 2004
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2004-12-02 00:00:00
December 2, 2004

The SeaWiFS sensor onboard the OrbView-2 satellite captured this visible image of Typhoon Nanmadol on December 2, 2004, at 4:15 UTC. At the time this image was taken Nanmadol was located approximately 590 miles east-southeast of Naga City and was moving towards the west-northwest at 27 mph. This make Nanmadol the fastest moving typhoon of the 2004 season. Maximum sustained winds were near 121 mph with higher gusts to 150 mph.

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Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE.

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