October 23, 2020 - Typhoon Saudel

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   On October 22, 2020, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
   (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of
   Typhoon Saudel as it spun in the South China Sea. According to the
   Joint Typhoon Warning Center, at 2100 UTC (6:00 p.m. EDT) on that same
   day Saudel was located approximately 330 miles (531 km) south-southeast
   of Hong Kong and was moving west north-westward at 7 mph (11 km/h). At
   that time, maximum sustains winds registered at about 86 mph (138
   km/h), placing the storm at Category 1 strength on the Saffir-Simpson
   Hurricane Wind Scale.

   Typhoon Saudel is forecast to track slowly on a more westward direction
   and pass south of Hainan, China before making landfall just north of
   Hue in central Vietnam by October 25. Favorable conditions make it
   likely that the storm will intensify to a peak of 92 mph (148 km/h) on
   October 23. After that time, Saudel is expected to weaken before making
   landfall in Vietnam. Once ashore, the typhoon should weaken quickly as
   it moves inland.

   While not an extremely strong storm, Typhoon Saudel is forecast to
   strike an area already suffering from significant damage caused by the
   recent passing of Tropical Storm Linfa and Tropical Storm Nangka.
   According to the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS),
   as of October 21 there have been 111 fatalities, 22 missing, about
   65,000 people evacuated, and over 800,000 impacted in Vietnam by those
   storms and subsequent floods. Additional casualties and flooding have
   occurred in Laos and Cambodia. The addition of wind and rain from
   Typhoon Saudel may trigger additional floods and increase damage across
   the already hard-hit region.

   Image Facts
   Satellite:  Aqua
   Date Acquired: 10/22/2020
   Resolutions:  1km (526.6 KB),  500m (1.6 MB),  250m (4.8 MB)
   Bands Used: 1,4,3
   Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



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