GPM Flyby of Tropical Storm Koppu (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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On Oct. 13 GPM showed that numerous intense thunderstorms near the tropical storm's center of circulation were dropping rain at a rate of over 88 mm (3.5 inches) per hour. Some thunderstorm cloud-top heights reached altitudes above 17.8 km (11 miles).

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Credits: SSAI/NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce

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