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Friday, November 08, 2013
Super Typhoon Haiyan
direct link to video on youtube
I am taking a time out from writing about the Rim Fire Burned Area Emergency Response to remember all those impacted by Super Typhoon Haiyan that hit the Phillipines early on Nov. 8, 2013. I found the video that I embedded above from this article from NASA - Goddard. Winds around the eye could be as much as 195 mph. Here are some radar images of Haiyan and a link to an animated (gif) satellite image.
Various media outlets are covering the Typhoon, here is a report from NBC News, and a report from the National Geographic.
Added at 5:21 EST on 11/8/13:
visible satellite landfall loop from the Korean COMS-1 satellite courtesy of Scott Bachmeier of the University of Wisconsin CIMSS group I found this link on Dr. Jeff Masters blog on wunderground for Nov. 8, 2013.
My thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by Haiyan.
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