GPM Video of Harvey (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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The GPM satellite measured rainfall in Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 25, at 7:50 a.m. CDT (1150 UTC) and found that intense storms in the eastern side were dropping rain at a rate greater than 3.2 inches (82 mm) per hour. Tallest storms near the Texas and Louisiana borders reached an altitude of over 10.3 miles (16.6 km).

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Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce

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