Parma's Towering Thunderstorms (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Parma's Towering Thunderstorms

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TRMM noticed that some of Parma's "hot towers" or towering thunderstorms are reaching as high as 14 kilometers (more than 8.5 miles high), indicating very powerful storms with heavy rainfall (gray/black).

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SSAI/NASA, Hal Pierce

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