GPM Video of Ella (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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The GPM core observatory satellite flew over intensifying Tropical Cyclone Ella in the South Pacific on May 10, 2017 at 2301 UTC (7:01 p.m. EDT) and saw rain falling at a rate of over 231 mm (9.1 inches) per hour in an intense feeder band on Ella's eastern side where cloud tops were as high as 15.5 km (9.6 miles).

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Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce

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