July 27, 2021 - Typhoon In-Fa makes landfall in China
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On July 25, 2021, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
(MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a dramatic true-color
image of Typhoon In-fa making battering China as it made its first
landfall in Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province. At landfall, In-fa was
packing winds of up to 85 mph (137 km/h)—the equivalent of a Category 1
storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. The city is located
on Zhoushan Island at the southern mouth of Hangzhou Bay. After
crossing Zhoushan Island, Typhoon In-fa made a second landfall in
Pinghu, a city just south of Shanghai. At that time, maximum sustained
winds registered about 74 mph (119 km/h), which is a strong tropical
storm.
According to the South China Morning Post, about 4,700 trees had fallen
on the streets and power outages had affected Pudong and Minhang
districts. Torrential rain and storm surge caused flooding both in
Zhoushan and the mainland, with 30 meteorological monitoring stations
across Shanghai recorded over 70 mm (2.8 in) of rain in just 12 hours.
About 320,000 people had been evacuated from Shanghai ahead of
landfall, and about 1,800 ships had been moved from the path of the
storm. Typhoon In-fa also caused cancellations of all flights in and
near Shanghai on July 25, with hundreds more grounded on the morning of
July 26.
Typhoon In-fa has weakened quickly over land, but still will bring
heavy rain to inland China for several days.
Image Facts
Satellite: Aqua
Date Acquired: 7/25/2021
Resolutions: 1km (637.7 KB), 500m (2.1 MB), 250m (6.2 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2021-07-27
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