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Tropical Cyclone Tauktae
Image captured on 17 May 2021, by the VIIRS instrument, aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite.
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True-color image of Tropical Cyclone Tauktae moving up the west coast of India. This image was acquired between 8:20 and 8:25 UTC on 17 May 2021 by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite. The storm is expected to make landfall in Gujarat around 18:00 UTC.
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