Tropical Storm Magda puts North Western Australian on alert

Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 16:35 in Earth & Climate

An area of low pressure in the Southern Indian Ocean, located close to Australia's northwestern coast was being watched for development yesterday. This morning it exploded into Tropical Storm Madga. NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM satellite noticed that Magda's outer rainbands were already affecting land today..

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