Typhoon Nida
Credit: Credit: Jacques Descloitres; MODIS team; NASA, Posted on: Tuesday, 18 May 2004, 06:00 CDT Download full size image
Whirling over the Philippines with over 150 mph winds, the Aqua MODIS instrument captured this true-color image Typhoon Nida on May 16, 2004. Nida would gust up to 185 mph, churning these waters 414 miles east-southeast of Manila. More than 16,000 people have been displaced or stranded in the eastern and central Philippines as hurricane-force winds forced ports to close. Nida is expected to turn toward Taiwan.
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