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Megan was a tropical cyclone that developed over the Gulf of Carpentaria and made landfall as a category 3 strength storm, southeast of Port McArthur, Northern Territory.
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Description:
Tropical Cyclone Megan made landfall in Northern Territory of Australia on March 18 bringing flooding rain to the area. The cyclone dissipated but the remnants continued to bring rain to the region for many subsequent days. This imagery shows before and after the rains.
Phenomena: Flooding
Satellite: Himawari-9
Product: GeoColor
Instrument: AHI
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Megan slowly moves over the Northern Territory of Australia, bringing locally intense rainfall and a possibility of damaging wind gusts.
Phenomena: Tropical Cyclones
Product: GeoColor Infrared (band 13)
Polar-orbiting satellites captured the moment that Megan made landfall in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Satellite: NOAA-20 NOAA-21 S-NPP
Product: Day Cloud Phase Distinction
Instrument: VIIRS
This wide view of northern Australia shows Tropical Cyclone 18 to the west of the island nation and Tropical Cyclone Megan making landfall over the Northern Territory.
Tropical Cyclone Megan strengthened into a category three storm over the Gulf of Carpentaria over the last few days before making landfall southeast of Port McArthur. Strong winds and heavy rain are expected as the storm continues westward over the Northern Territory.
Tropical Cyclone 19 develops in the Gulf of Carpentaria off the coast of the Northern Territory in Australia.
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