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SUPER TYPHOON MAYSAK has slammed into the Federated States of Micronesia, packing sustained winds of 250 kph.
Astronauts, with quite the view, have been tweeting images of the storm from space:
An emergency was declared in the Micronesian state of Chuuk yesterday as Super Typhoon Maysak cut a destructive path across the central Pacific leaving at least five dead and extensive damage.
Mark Tarello / TwitterHere's the view from space of category 5 Super #Typhoon #Maysak. Winds of 162 MPH tracking towards the Philippines. pic.twitter.com/jEdd92W1Rl
— Mark Tarello (@mark_tarello) March 31, 2015
Crops were ruined and water supplies contaminated, with fears people faced starvation if they did not get aid soon, after the violent storm took three days to cross the vast Federated States of Micronesia (FSM).
Jennifer Watson / TwitterINCREDIBLE hi res infrared image of Super #TyphoonMaysak & its almost perfectly circular eye from @NASANPP's #Maysak pic.twitter.com/xi1s9iTj7d
— Jennifer Watson (@JWatson_Wx) March 31, 2015
Victoria Bannon, North Pacific representative for the Red Cross, said the charity was on the ground in Chuuk and Yap and “in full mobilisation mode”.
Maysak, with sustained winds of 260 kilometres per hour, slammed into Chuuk on Sunday night and crossed the vast archipelago of 607 islands before battering the Yap group of islands on yesterday and heading out to sea towards the Philippines.
Additional reporting AFP
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We are sitting ducks!
Speak for yourself
Space….. where no one can hear you scream.
..or quack according to Gavin
All the comments about the photo and not one mention about the people that got killed and the thousands left without homes because of it, welcome to the future
There has been 5 comments including yours christ and your having a go cos no one gave there condolences have a snickers man
Lol… That is all
I’m not long risen and I’m only after copping your comment my bad Jason your right to hav the lols
Why did the camera man turn his camera upside down??
I don’t know, why did the camera man turn his camera upside down?
It doesn’t matter cod they flipped the photo around so it’s right side up.
To get to the other slide ??
There is no upside down in space.
Always bothered me in the likes of Star Wars, Star Trek and space movies that they’d all be using the same plane of orientation. The Wrath of Khan eluded to the three dimensions of space but still they were on the same plane.
The eye of the storm looks like a black hole….
Have been to Chuuk, aka Truk Lagoon.
The locals live fairly basically, but for this storm most would probably have retreated to the cave network widespread among the main islands. Some caves are natural but most would have been made by the Japanese who had a major naval base there during WWII.
In this particular case the remnants of war would have done some good.
Do any diving there Trisec? Always wanted to visit Truk
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