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Typhoon Ketsana

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Oct 22, 2003
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Typhoon Ketsana
October 21, 2003

Typhoon Ketsana spins north, northeast away from the Philippine Islands in this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image captured by the Terra satellite on October 21, 2003 at 1:55 UTC. At the time this image was taken, the storm had a sustained winds of 144 miles per hour with gusts to 173 miles per hour, the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.

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Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC

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