NASA's TRMM Satellite 3-D Image of Freda (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA's TRMM Satellite 3-D Image of Freda

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On Dec. 31, NASA's TRMM satellite 3-D Precipitation Radar data showed that the tops of some of the powerful storms with heavy rainfall (red) on Freda's southern side reached heights of 16 km (~9.9 miles)

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NASA/SSAI, Hal Pierce

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