14 DAY TRIAL // The deadly Typhoon Haiyan is seen heading towards Vietnam in this amazing image collected by the American space agency's Terra spacecraft. The NASA satellite collected the photo on November 10, using its Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument.
Yesterday, the storm was going northwest towards Vietnam. It made landfall in the northern parts of the country late Sunday night, after its winds decelerated somewhat from the speed they picked up over the Indian Ocean. Early Sunday morning, its fastest winds were clocked at 145 kilometers (90 miles) per hour.
These speeds are a far cry from the outrageous ones the storm exhibited as it approached the Philippines a few days ago. Authorities estimate that more than 1,200 people lost their lives during the massive storm, which nearly annihilated the city of Tacloban, on Leyte Island.
Typhoon Haiyan is one of the most massive and fast storms ever recorded. Top wind speeds reached as high as 314 kilometers (195 miles) per hour over sea, before the storm front hit the Philippines.