Stock Photo - EARTH China -- 24 Sep 2013 -- This weekend, the most powerful tropical cyclone of 2013 passed between Taiwan and the Philippines, then slammed into the southeastern coast of China on September 22 (pictured). Dozens of people died in China and the Philippines due to flooding, airborne debris, and collapsed buildings. The MODIS instrument on NASA's Terra satellite captured the second image at 2:45 Universal Time (10:45 a. m. local time). By 6:00 UTC (2 p. m. local time) that day, just before Usagi made landfall in China's Guangdong province, the category 2 typhoon had sustained winds of 95 knots (110 miles or 175 kilometers) per hour and a central pressure of 941 millibars (27. 79 inches). According to various news agency reports, at least 25 people died in China and 310,000 were displaced by Usagi. Nearly 8,500 houses collapsed, and roughly three- to five million people were affected in some way (such as power outages, etc. ) In the northwestern Philippines, flood waters and landslides from drenching rains reportedly killed 18 people -- Picture by Lightroom Photos/NASA.