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Cyclone Fantala

The category 5 storm became the most intense on record for the Indian Ocean.


NASA image (top) by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. NASA Earth Observatory image (bottom) by Joshua Stevens using RapidScat data from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Caption by Mike Carlowicz.

Published April 20, 2016
Data acquired April 18, 2016

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
ISS > RapidScat
Collection:
MODIS Rapid Response