NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite captures image of Tropical Storm Enawo formed in Southern Indian Ocean - See pic

Image credits: NOAA/NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team

New Delhi: NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite captured a visible image of a newly developed Tropical Cyclone Enawo, which has formed in the Southern Indian Ocean, just northeast of the island nation of Madagascar.

On March 3, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard the Suomi NPP captured this visible image of Enawo formed in the Southern Indian Ocean as the satellite passed overhead.

The VIIRS image showed a concentration of thunderstorms around the center of circulation and a large area of storms in the northwestern quadrant.

Enawo is the ninth tropical cyclone to form in the Southern Indian Ocean this season.

Weather experts said Enawo is expected to be the strongest tropical cyclone to hit Madagascar in three years. The storm is likely to make landfall on Tuesday morning with the usual hazards of life-threatening flash floods and violent winds.