NASA's TRMM Satellite Investigates Typhoon Phanfone's Rainfall (VIDEO)

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NASA's TRMM satellite saw Phanfone was producing rainfall over a very large area on Oct. 1. Some storms in these bands were dropping rain at a rate of over 76 mm (almost 3 inches) per hour.

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Image Credit: SSAI/NASA, Hal Pierce

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