On Aug. 1, 2016, at 1:15 a.m. EDT (5:15 a.m. UTC) NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite captured this visible light image of Typhoon Nida approaching
On Aug. 1, 2016, at 1:15 a.m. EDT (5:15 a.m. UTC) NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite captured this visible light image of Typhoon Nida approaching China. Credit: NASA/NOAA NASA satellites provided a look at Typhoon Nida’s size, clouds, rainfall and cloud heights as it approached southeastern China. The fifth named tropical cyclone, Nida, known as Carina in the Philippines, formed in the Pacific Ocean east of the Philippines on July 29, 2016 (UTC). After moving over Luzon in the northern part of the country, Nida emerged in the South China Sea where it re-strengthened as moved toward southeastern China.
The Global Precipitation Measurement mission, or GPM, core observatory satellite viewed Tr