NASA spots short-lived Tropical Cyclone Maarutha
Monday, April 17, 2017 - 11:01
in Earth & Climate
On Saturday, April 15, Tropical Cyclone 1B formed in the Northern Indian Ocean and it made landfall in Burma (Myanmar) on April 16. NASA's Terra satellite captured an image of the storm as if formed quickly and strengthened into a tropical storm that was renamed "Maarutha."