Super Typhoon Surigae Stirs Up the Pacific
The super typhoon reached extreme intensity earlier in the year than any storm in the satellite era. Surigae is not expected to make landfall, but…
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Typhoon Vamco Thrashes the Philippines
On November 11, 2020, Typhoon Vamco thrashed the Philippines with sustained winds of 150 kilometers (90 miles) per hour—the equivalent of a category 2 hurricane….
Super Typhoon Goni: Devastating Storm Hits the Philippines
On November 1, 2020, the strongest storm of the year pummeled the Philippines. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center reported that Super Typhoon Goni made landfall…
NASA Satellite Finds Haishen Now a Super Typhoon – With a 31 Mile-Wide Eye
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Philippine Sea on September 4 and provided a visible image of Haishen that had strengthened into a super…
NASA Satellite’s Infrared Eye Analyzes Typhoon Lingling
The storm that became Typhoon Lingling strengthened very quickly in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean and infrared imagery from NASA revealed the powerful thunderstorms fueling that…