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Hurricane Ele became Typhoon Ele as it crossed the International Date Line this past weekend. The typhoon/hurricane be seen in the central Pacific in this true-color image taken on August 30, 2002, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA's Terra spacecraft. As of September 3, the typhoon was several hundred miles east of the International Date Line and making its way north through the Pacific, packing sustained winds of up to 121 miles (195 kilometers) per hour.

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30 August 2002

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http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2002242-0830/Ele.A2002242.2240.2km.jpg

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Image courtesy of MODIS Rapid Response Project at NASA/GSFC

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current	02:14, 10 August 2023		7,200 × 9,500 (16.07 MB)	Sandy14156	cropped so that the storm is centered
	17:19, 12 November 2006		8,000 × 10,400 (11.51 MB)	Good kitty	== Summary == {{Information \|Description=Hurricane Ele became Typhoon Ele as it crossed the International Date Line this past weekend. The typhoon/hurricane be seen in the central Pacific in this true-color image taken on August 30, 2002, by the Moderate

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- Temporada de huracanes en el Pacífico de 2002
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- Mùa bão Tây Bắc Thái Bình Dương 2002

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