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Typhoon Ketsana

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2003-10-22 00:00:00
October 22, 2003

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.

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Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

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