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Typhoon Champi Develops Massive Eye

October 22, 2015
Image of Typhoon Champi

Taken on October 22, 2015 at 0400 UTC by the Suomi NPP satellite's VIIRS sensor, this colorized infrared image shows the extremely large eye of Typhoon Champi. With a diameter of 60 nautical miles, the eye of the storm is larger than the state of Rhode Island. Typhoon Champi is currently 700 nautical miles south of Tokyo, Japan with 110 mph sustained winds, and is moving northeast with no threat to land.