The MODIS instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Tropical Cyclone Monty located 165 kilometers north-west of Karratha. At the time of this image, Monty was travelling down the coast at 12 kilometers an hour. A category 4 storm, communities from Onslow to Barrow Island were on "blue alert" as they were in the path of predicted destructive winds with gusts of up to 240 kilometers an hour.
Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.
