December 12, 2022 - Tropical Cyclone Mandous

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Tropical Cyclone Mandous made landfall near the town of Mamallapuram in
the state of Tamil Nadu, southeast India late on December 9, 2022. As
the storm approached landfall, maximum sustained winds were estimated
at 50 mph (80.5 km/h). Mandous appeared to be on a weakening trend as
it approached the coast and quickly weakened to a depression, with
maximum sustained winds of 35 mph (56 km/h), once over land.

According to media reports, state officials reported 185 houses and
huts damaged by Tropical Cyclone Mandous and 400 trees uprooted in
Chennai, the state capital. Up to five people have died to
storm-related incidents, four of which were electrocutions from downed
powerlines.

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board
NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of Tropical Cyclone
Mandous on December 9 as it was approaching landfall. At that time, the
large cloud-filled center remained over the Bay of Bengal, but
convective bands were bringing rain and wind gusts from Sri Lanka
northward to cover most of Andhra Pradesh.

Image Facts
Satellite: Aqua
Date Acquired: 12/9/2022
Resolutions: 1km (383.2 KB), 500m (1.2 MB), 250m (3.5 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-12-12

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