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Typhoon Ketsana moves through the western Pacific Ocean. In this image, recorded by the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS)on October 22, 2003, the storm is about 600 kilometers southeast of Taiwan. Ketsana continues to maintain 144 mile per hour winds with higher gusts.
Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
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