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Typhooon Chanthu

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Jun 14, 2004
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Typhooon Chanthu
June 12, 2004

The MODIS instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Typhoon Chanthu as it was bearing down on the the coast of Vietnam on June 12 at 3:15 UTC. At that time, Chanthu was packing sustained winds of 86 mph with gusts to 104 mph and was expected to intensify further before moving inland.

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Image courtesy Jesse Allen, NASA's Earth Observatory. NASA GSFC, MODIS Rapid Response Team

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