NASA satellite imagery captured tropical cyclones crowding the waters of two oceans in the Southern Hemisphere in recent days.
Alfred and Seru are east of northern Australia.
That storm brought heavy rain to Fiji.
From left to right, cyclones Honde, Garance, Bianca, Alfred, and Seru.Image: Michala Garrison, using MODIS and VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview and the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)
But the other storms are still an imposing presence.
Rain, strong winds, and storm surge remain in the forecast for Madagascar.
The satellite imagery is a reminder of the utility of spacecraft in monitoring climatological processes on Earth.
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