14 DAY TRIAL // On Sunday and Monday (November 10-11), Somalia was hit by a powerful storm. Designated Tropical Cyclone 3A, the atmospheric event was part of a rare series of storms that tends to batter the extremely impoverished African nation.
According to some sources, more than 100 people have lost their lives in the storms, mostly due to flash floods triggered by intense precipitations. Tropical Cyclone 3A was quickly found to be one of the deadliest tropical cyclones in its history, killing humans, livestock, and destroying hundreds of home all along its path.
The image above was collected using the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard the NASA Terra satellite, on November 11. The photo reveals Tropical Cyclone 3A just as it made landfall. Wind speeds at the time were clocked at 74 kilometers (46 miles) per hour, experts say.
Tropical Cyclone 3A is only the fifth storm to hit Somalia since 1966. The last such event took place on October 25, 2012, suggesting that the frequency of tropical cyclones may be increasing.