Typhoon Bopha. Satellite image of typhoon Bopha in the Pacific Ocean on 1st December 2012. Bopha made landfall on the 4th December bring high winds and heavy rain that caused landfalls and flooding. Over 400 people were killed and over 300,000 were made homeless. Typhoons are huge cyclonic storm systems of high winds blowing around a central eye. They form in areas of relatively calm ocean around the equator. As moist air is forced upwards,a low pressure region forms that becomes the eye of the storm. Image obtained by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor on NASA's Terra satellite | |
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Crédit: | Science Photo Library / JEFF SCHMALTZ MODIS LAND RAPID RESPONSE TEAM, NASA GSFC |
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