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| Keywords: Toraji2001.jpg en Packing torrential rains and wind gusts of up to 90 miles per hour Typhoon Toraji swept across Taiwan today July 30 2001 leaving a swath of death and destruction in its wake At least 35 people were killed and another 103 are missing by the widespread flooding and mudslides produced by the storm Many agricultural fields have been flooded in Taiwan causing millions of dollars in damages to crops The Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor SeaWiFS captured this view of Typhoon Toraji earlier today In this scene the eye of the storm appears to be located approximately over T'ainan a town located on the southwestern coast of Taiwan The colored speckles in the southern portion of the image are noise introduced into the satellite transmission at the receiving station which is located in Taiwan's capital city of Taipei--right under the typhoon The eye of the storm had passed over Taiwan by early afternoon and was travelling north-northwest toward China at 11 miles per hour 17 km per hour Named after a popular flower in North Korea Toraji is the eighth and most severe typhoon to hit Taiwan this year http //visibleearth nasa gov/view_rec php id 1888 Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and ORBIMAGE 2001-07-31 PD-SeaWiFS Typhoon Toraji 2001 | ||||
