GPM Image of Eliakim (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

GPM Image of Eliakim

Caption

On March 14, a convective band wrapping around the eastern side of forming tropical cyclone Eliakim showed rain falling over 207 (8.1 inches) per hour. Cloud tops were reaching higher than 16 km (9.9 miles) in the strong convective rain bands east of the forming tropical cyclone's center of circulation.

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NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce

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