GPM Image of Maria (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

GPM Image of Maria

Caption

On Sept. 23 at 8:12 a.m. EDT (1212 UTC) the GPM core observatory estimated of hourly rainfall in multiple intense rainfall bands of thunderstorms around Maria's western side. Rain was found falling at a rate of over 6.57 inches (137 mm) per hour and some thunderstorm tops in these rain bands were found to reach heights above 9.7 miles (15.7 km).

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Credit: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce

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