page_title: Typhoon Nida (2004)
hierarchical_section_title: Typhoon Nida (2004)
caption_attribution_description: The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of Typhoon Nida churning in the waters 414 miles east-southeast of Manila. At the time this image was taken, Nida was packing sustained winds of 150 miles per hour with gusts to 185 mph and was moving towards the northwest at 12 mph.
context_page_description: Typhoon Nida, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Dindo, was the fourth tropical cyclone and second named storm of the 2004 Pacific typhoon season. Nida was the second super typhoon of the 2004 season, reaching a peak intensity of 160 miles per hour. Forming southeast of the Philippines, the storm strengthened as it moved northwest. The typhoon brushed the eastern Philippines causing heavy rains across the island archipelago. Nida later accelerated northeast, missing Japan to the east while becoming an extratropical cyclone. A total of $1.3 million in damage occurred, and Nida left 31 fatalities.
context_section_description: Typhoon Nida, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Dindo, was the fourth tropical cyclone and second named storm of the 2004 Pacific typhoon season. Nida was the second super typhoon of the 2004 season, reaching a peak intensity of 160 miles per hour (260 km/h).  Forming southeast of the Philippines, the storm strengthened as it moved northwest.  The typhoon brushed the eastern Philippines causing heavy rains across the island archipelago.  Nida later accelerated northeast, missing Japan to the east while becoming an extratropical cyclone.  A total of $1.3 million (2004 USD) in damage occurred, and Nida left 31 fatalities.
caption: Typhoon Nida near peak intensity on May 16
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