An animation of visible and infrared images from the Suomi NPP satellite's VIIRS instrument shows the eye of Super Typhoon Vongfong on Tuesday. The visible-light image shows the storm under the light of a full moon, according to the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies. (Source: CIMSS)
After intensifying explosively and becoming the strongest storm of the year earlier this week, Super Typhoon Vongfong is churning toward U.S. military bases on Okinawa and is expected to make landfall in Japan on Saturday. The powerful storm comes on the heels of Typhoon Phanfone, which left at least seven dead in Japan earlier this week, including three U.S. Air Force personnel who were swept away by waves on Okinawa. (Click on the thumbnail above for the forecast track of Vongfong from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.)
An enhanced infrared view of Super Typhoon Vongfong captured on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014 by the ...
