Powerful Typhoon Phanfone (15 Aug 2002)
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
Powerful typhoon Phanfone, August 15,2002
Powerful typhoon Phanfone, packing winds of up to 78 miles per hour, was on course to hit Japan's outlying Pacific islands. The storm disupted air and ferry services and the associated weater system brought heavy rains to central Japan.
Peel away the clouds to reveal the rain structure of the storm. Yellow represents 0.5 inches of rain or more, green shows 1.0 inches of rain and red shows 2.0 inches or more.