NASA is pitching in on the effort to survey the damage caused by Typhoon Haiyan. The agency released a map Wednesday which aims to help rescue workers focus their efforts by showing the specific locations hit hardest by the storm.
Haiyan, which is one of the strongest storms ever recorded, tore through the Philippines on Nov. 8, leaving a trail of destruction. The typhoon's death toll is officially projected to reach 2,500, though the Associated Press recently reported that number as high as 4,460.
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Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), collaborating with the Italian Space Agency, used a processing technique called Advanced Rapid Imaging and Analysis (ARIA), which aims to reveal "surface deformation" caused by disasters.
"Using space-based imagery of disasters, ARIA data products can provide rapid assessments of the geographic region impacted by a disaster, as well as detailed imaging of the locations where damage occurred," reads a NASA description of the technology used to produce the map.
The map, embedded below, shows how Haiyan's destruction is focused in and around Tacloban City. Darker red pixels indicate greater damage.
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