Rainfall Map for Phillipines (IMAGE) NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Caption Peak and average rainfall over the central Philippines shows that despite being far less intense, Tropical Storm Thirty, which preceded Super Typhoon Haiyan by about three days, produced similar peak rain intensities (red) and over a similar duration, but less average rainfall (blue) than Haiyan. Credit Image Credit: Hal Pierce, SSAI/NASA GSFC Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.