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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2012

Infra-red satellite imagery of Typhoon Kai-tak at 2 p.m. on 16 August 2012 at its peak intensity with estimated maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometres per hour near its centre. Kai-tak was located about 370 km south-southeast of Hong Kong at that time.

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Infra-red satellite imagery of Typhoon Kai-tak at 2 p.m. on 16 August 2012 at its peak intensity with estimated maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometres per hour near its centre. Kai-tak was located about 370 km south-southeast of Hong Kong at that time.

[The satellite imagery was originally captured by the Multi-functional Transport Satellite (MTSAT-2) of Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).]

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