NASA satellite sees Tropical Storm Fami form, fast and furious
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 - 13:21
in Earth & Climate
NASA's Aqua satellite caught the thirteenth tropical cyclone in the southern Indian Ocean form very quickly. In 12 hours a low grew into a tropical storm named Fami and made a fast landfall in Madagascar around 1 a.m. ET (0600 UTC) today, February 2.