image: The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite captured this image of Typhoon Haiyan just south of Hainan Island, China and approaching Vietnam on Nov. 10, 2013. The storm was tracking northwest and slowly weakening prior to landfall in northern Vietnam on Sunday evening (Monday morning, local time). As of early Sunday morning, the storm had maximum sustained winds of about 90 miles (145 kilometers) per hour, the equivalent of a category 1 storm. Haiyan crossed the Philippines as a Super-Typhoon and headed for Indochina in early November 2013. view more
Credit: Jeff Schmaltz, NASA Goddard/LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team/Caption by Adam Voiland