File:Sepat 16 aug 2007 0225Z.jpg

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Super Typhoon Sepat came ashore in Taiwan on August 17, 2007, after bringing torrential rain and flooding to the Philippines the day before. Flights to and from Tapei, the island’s capital, were canceled and Chinese authorities were calling all ships at sea to come back to shore in anticipation of the powerful typhoon crossing the Taiwan Strait and coming ashore on the mainland, said news reports. The typhoon was classified as Category Five typhoon, at the very top of the scale, with sustained winds of 184 kilometers per hour (114 miles per hour), according to CNN.

At 10:25 a.m. local time (02:25 UTC) on August 16, 2007, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image, Super Typhoon Sepat was still well away from its coming encounter with the Philippines and Taiwan. Winds were measured at a sustained speed as high as 257 km/hr (161 mph) at the time of this image, according to the University of Hawaii’s Tropical Storm Information Center. The storm’s strength is evident in this image from its large size, well-defined spiral structure, and obvious large eye. Some clouds are present in the central eye: a completely clear eye is a tell-tale sign of the most powerful storms, though some clouds can be present in the eye of a powerful storm as is the case here.
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Source http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14447
Author NASA image by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response team at Goddard Space Flight Center.
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current01:40, 5 November 2020Thumbnail for version as of 01:40, 5 November 20205,800 × 7,800 (5.51 MB)FleurDeOdile (talk | contribs)dimensions
05:16, 6 February 2013Thumbnail for version as of 05:16, 6 February 20138,437 × 10,801 (18.01 MB)Earth100 (talk | contribs)Best Image, in higher resolution, showing the whole storm system's roaring size.
18:55, 17 August 2007Thumbnail for version as of 18:55, 17 August 20076,000 × 6,000 (3.42 MB)Good kitty (talk | contribs)== Summary == {{Information |Description=Super Typhoon Sepat came ashore in Taiwan on August 17, 2007, after bringing torrential rain and flooding to the Philippines the day before. Flights to and from Tapei, the island’s capital, were canceled and Chin

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