NASA Sees Heavy Rainfall as Typhoon Rumbia Heads for Landfall in China (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA Sees Heavy Rainfall as Typhoon Rumbia Heads for Landfall in China

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NASA's TRMM satellite flew over Rumbia on July 1 at 12:12 a.m. EDT and noticed some areas of heavy rainfall (red) in bands of thunderstorms south of the center. Heavy rainfall was falling at rates of over 2 inches/50 mm per hour. Strong band of thunderstorms continued.

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Credit: SSAI/NASA, Hal Pierce

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