Typhoon Ketsana spins north, northeast away from the Philippine Islands in this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image captured by the Terra satellite on October 21, 2003 at 1:55 UTC. At the time this image was taken, the storm had a sustained winds of 144 miles per hour with gusts to 173 miles per hour, the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.
Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
