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Somalia : Tropical Storm Murjan makes landfall just south of Cape Guardafui

On Oct. 25, 2012 at 0720 UTC (3:20 a.m. EDT) the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument that flies aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible image of Tropical Storm Murjan's western half making landfall on the Horn of Africa while the eastern half of the storm was still over the Arabian Sea. NASA's Aqua satellite also captured an infrared look at Tropical Storm Murjan as the storm continued moving inland. The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument aboard captured infrared imagery that showed about one-half of the tropical storm had moved over Cape Guardafui, Somalia. The western half of the storm over land, contained some thunderstorms that were reaching high into the troposphere where cloud top temperatures were as cold as -63 Fahrenheit (-52 Celsius) and they have the potential to drop heavy rainfall. As Murjan progressed on its western track, it continued to push further over the Horn of Africa, specifically in northeastern Somalia.

its heavy rain year for somalis, give them 2 months and they will be begging as usual of draught , somalis will find any excuse to beg, too much rain our shacks were gone with the heavy rain, and then later, we are thirsty the goats are dying ..un feed us, caalam feed us.