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| Keywords: Tropical Cyclone Laurence on December 21, 2009.jpg en Tropical Cyclone Laurence made its second landfall over Western Australia on December 21 2009 The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer MODIS on NASA ™s Aqua satellite captured this image a short time before the eye went ashore Laurence was a Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale with winds of 115 knots 213 kilometers per hour or 132 miles per hour at its height on December 15 the day before it went ashore the first time according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center It degraded into a tropical storm over land re-emerged over the Indian Ocean and grew into a Category 3 cyclone with winds of 100 knots 185 km/hr or 115 mph on December 21 The storm was weakening as it went ashore the second time When Aqua MODIS acquired this photo-like image at 2 00 local time 6 00 UTC it was somewhere between a Category 3 and Category 1 storm Laurence was clearly a mature well-developed cyclone on December 21 A cloudy eye is distinctly visible as a shadowed dimple in the center of the tightly packed bands of spiraling clouds The storm is circular undistorted by the upper-level winds that tear cyclones apart The storm ™s powerful winds caused significant damage to buildings along the coast said ABC News No injuries had been reported though damage assessments were just beginning on the morning of December 22 when the storm had moved well inland http //earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/view php id 41988 NASA; MODIS 2009-12-21 Public domain PD-USGov Tropical Cyclone Laurence 2009 | ||||
