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English: On October 16, 2022, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquire a true-color image of Typhoon Nesat spinning over the South China Sea. The storm was moving away from the Philippines, where it had made landfall on October 16, and was taking aim at Vietnam. According to media reports, Nesat brought heavy flooding to the northern Philippines, and forced the evacuation of about 1,000 people.

Near the time this image was captured, Typhoon Nesat was carrying maximum sustained winds near 80 mph (129 km/h) and was intensifying. By October 17, Nesat’s maximum sustained winds reached 105 mph (169 km/h), which is the equivalent of a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.

On October 18 at 0.00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT on October 17), the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) advised that Typhoon Nesat was located about 285 miles south of Hong Kong and was tracking west-southwest. Maximum sustained winds were reported at about 92 mph (148 km/h), with higher gusts. It is expected that Nesat will continue to move westward over the South China Sea, passing south of Hainan, China on October 19-20 as it weakens. It is expected to be downgraded to a tropical storm by the time it makes landfall over northern Vietnam between October 21-22.