September 3, 2020 - Typhoon Maysak strikes South Korea

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   A peninsula that typically sees one typhoon per year might face three
   landfalling storms in two weeks. One week after Typhoon Bavi brought
   fierce winds and rain to North and South Korea, Typhoon Maysak plowed
   into South Korea as a Category 2 storm.

   The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s
   Terra satellite acquired this true-color image of Maysak in the late
   morning on September 2, 2020. At the time, the storm had sustained
   winds of roughly 190 kilometers (120 miles) per hour.

   Shortly before landfall, in the early hours of September 3 local time,
   the U.S. Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) reported sustained winds
   of 170 kilometers (105 miles) per hour as the eye of the storm was
   southwest of Busan, South Korea’s second-largest city and the world’s
   fifth-largest port. It is believed to be just the sixth typhoon of
   Category 2 strength or higher to hit the Korean Peninsula since 1951.

   Maysak reached typhoon strength on August 29 and intensified to become
   the strongest typhoon so far in the 2020 Western Pacific season. At
   peak intensity on September 1, Maysak’s winds measured 230 kilometers
   (145 miles) per hour, a Category 4 storm. The typhoon battered Okinawa,
   the Ryukyu Islands, and Jeju Island before moving ashore on the Korean
   Peninsula. Forecasters called for widespread rainfall of 100 to 200
   millimeters (4 to 8 inches). That rain will fall upon ground that has
   been soaked by South Korea’s second-wettest monsoon season on record
   and by rains from Typhoon Bevi.

   The JTWC published its last advisory on Typhoon Maysak on September 2
   at 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT or September 3, 3:00 a.m. Korean Standard
   Time). At that time the center of Maysak was located inland and about
   27.6 miles (44.4 km) north-northwest of Busan. It was carrying maximum
   sustained winds of about 86 mph (138.4 km/h). The system was undergoing
   extra-tropical transition and was forecast to weaken rapidly. The
   system will pass over North Korea and Manchuria while the JTWC closely
   monitors for any signs of regeneration.

   The storm troubles may not be over for North and South Korea. Another
   typhoon, Haishen, has been developing south of Japan, and several
   potential storm tracks have it making landfall on the Korean Peninsula
   on September 6 or 7. As of the evening of September 2, Haishen had
   sustained winds of 130 kilometers (80 miles) per hour, with predictions
   that it could strengthen to category 4 strength while moving over the
   extremely warm water of the tropical Western Pacific.

   Image Facts
   Satellite:  Terra
   Date Acquired: 9/2/2020
   Resolutions:  1km (785 KB),  500m (2.4 MB),  250m (5 MB)
   Bands Used: 1,4,3
   Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



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