Image of the week: Typhoon Man-yi

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This week’s image of the week is of Typhoon Man-yi also known as Pepito. The image was captured by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 17 November 2024.

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21 November 2024

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18 November 2024

Typhoon Man-yi passed over the Philippines bringing heavy rain, strong winds (up to 185 kmh) and tidal surges. The storm caused extensive flooding and landslides and uprooted many trees and damaged homes and power lines, leaving hundreds of cities without electricity.

The typhoon is the sixth major storm to hit the Philippines in less than a month.

Typhoon Man-yi image

This image was captured by the OLCI instrument on one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 17 November 2024.

EUMETSAT operates the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites, in cooperation with ESA, and delivers the marine data on behalf of the European Union.

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