Tropical Storm Maliksi forms, Iwo To on guard
Monday, October 1, 2012 - 16:00
in Earth & Climate
The western North Pacific is in full swing, tropically speaking and NASA observed the birth of Tropical Storm Maliksi on Sept. 30. NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of the storm when it was a depression and revealed a large area of powerful thunderstorms around its center that hinted at its strengthening.