Acquired May 25, 2012, this natural-color image shows Typhoon Sanvu over the western Pacific Ocean.
Atmosphere Water Severe Storms
Acquired August 4, 2011, this natural-color image shows Typhoon Muifa moving toward Mainland China.
Two typhoons spun over the western North Pacific near Japan.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Water Severe Storms
The potent category 3 typhoon headed for southern Japan in the early afternoon of July 8.
Severe Storms
As the typhoon churned the East China Sea and pounded Okinawa with flooding rains, the larger Japanese islands braced for landfall.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Severe Storms
Acquired October 16, 2009, this true-color image shows Typhoon Lupit spanning several hundred kilometers as it hovers over the Pacific Ocean east of the Philippines.
The storm was expected to intensify significantly and might make landfall on the Japanese mainland.
Though downgraded from a super typhoon, the storm was expected to pound Japan with several days of intense rainfall.
Acquired October 11, 2012, this image shows Typhoon Prapiroon over the western Pacific Ocean.
The loose spiraling clouds of Typhoon Chaba are spread across most of the Philippine Sea in this true-color image from October 27, 2010.
Atmosphere Severe Storms
Soaking rains drenched Tokyo.
Acquired September 13, 2012, this natural-color image shows he storm just east of the Philippines.
Typhoon Halong churned south of Japan when the Aqua satellite acquired this image on August 6, 2014.
Though still a tropical storm, Molave’s shape is distinctive in this image. Clouds swirl around a dark depression, which marks the eye of the storm.
Acquired September 2, 2010, this natural-color image shows Tropical Storm Kompasu over the coasts of North Korea and the Russian Federation.
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