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To download the full resolution and other files go to: earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=77031&src=... Forecasters in Mozambique kept a wary eye on Tropical Cyclone Funso as it made its way down an already drenched coast this week. The powerful storm is the first major cyclone of 2012. Funso reached the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane on January 25, with winds of 120 knots (220 kilometers/140 miles per hour). The storm is weakening as it moves south. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired this image of Cyclone Funso on January 26 at 1:10 p.m. local time. The storm was somewhere between a Category 3 and Category 2 storm at the time, with winds between 100 and 95 knots (185–175 km/hr or 115–110 mph). The storm had a larger, looser eye than in previous days, but maintained a compact spiral shape. Since forming on January 19, Funso has moved very little, its path looping before meandering slowly south over the Mozambique Channel. While the storm has not made landfall, its outer bands have been inundating Mozambique with heavy rain. Funso comes on the heels of Tropical Depression Dando, which came ashore over southern Mozambique on January 16. Together, the storms dropped 12–18 inches of rain on parts of Mozambique. As of January 25, flooding from both storms had caused 25 deaths, said IRIN, the news arm of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Sixteen of the deaths occurred in Zambezia, the province most affected by Funso to date. NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Holli Riebeek. View more from this event at earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/event.php?id=769... The Earth Observatory's mission is to share with the public the images, stories, and discoveries about climate and the environment that emerge from NASA research, including its satellite missions, in-the-field research, and climate models. Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Add us to your circles on Google+ |
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