The storm has central Taiwan in its sights.
Image of the Day Severe Storms Remote Sensing
Barely two weeks after its launch and two days after its installation, the ISS-Rapid Scatterometer observed the wind field around a tropical storm.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Water
The storm grew from a Category 1 to a Category 4 typhoon as it pushed toward the coast of China.
Image of the Day Water
A radar on the Indian satellite Oceansat-2 measured the winds of the super typhoon on November 7, 2013.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Severe Storms
Severe Storms
Strong winds and heavy rain are revealed near the eye of Hurricane Bill in this QuikSCAT satellite image from August 16, 2009.
Atmosphere Water Severe Storms
As this wind speed image illustrates, Tropical Storm Parma still had a core of strong winds on October 5, 2009.