Super Typhoon Francisco
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Super Typhoon Francisco became the third Category 5 tropical cyclone of 2013 on 19 October 2013, as it intesified over the West Pacific Ocean northwest of Guam. 4-km resolution MTSAT-2 10.8 µm IR channel images (above; click image to play animation) showed the evolution and track of the eye of... Read More