Monday, 23 September 2013

Typhoon Usagi hits China

This is the worst typhoon ever encountered in China as it produced winds of  165 km/h to 180km/h in some areas.It swept the land leaving toppling trees as it blew the vehicles of the roads.The typhoon left many areas flooded causing the victims to drown in the waters.The storms left  3.5 million people affected,destroyed businesses leading to economic destabilization($526m losses).
 Satellite imagery provided information about the typhoon and various agencies were able to analyze the disaster.

NASA's analysis of the Typhoon Usagi-TRMM
satellite image taken by the Japan Meteorological Agency's MTSAT-2 satellite and provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

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