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Typhoon Haiyan

Image of the Day for October 20, 2001

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Oct 20, 2001
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In the northwest Pacific Ocean, Typhoon Haiyan was downgraded to atropical storm as of October 17, 2001. This Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from October 16shows Haiyan while it was still a typhoon, covering the Ryukyu Islands,which run in an arc between Taiwan (left of center) and Japan (upperright). The storm moved east-northeast, and was predicted to weaken asit moved out of warmer waters.

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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC

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