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Theme : Cyclones - Hurricanes - Storms - Clouds  (438 images)

Title : Super Typhoon Maemi (15W) south of Japan

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The NASA satellite captured this true-color image of Typhoon Maemi located south-southeast of Okinawa, Japan. At the time this image was taken, Maemi was packing sustained winds of 130 mph with gusts to 160 mph.Maemi is the Korean name for a cicada that legend says chirps madly to warn of a coming typhoon.