NASA's IMERG Measures Flooding Rainfall in Peru (IMAGE)

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NASA's IMERG Measures Flooding Rainfall in Peru

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NASA's IMERG data collected from Feb. 23-29, 2016, were used to estimate rainfall totals over this area of South America. The highest rainfall total estimates for this period were over 700 mm (27.6 inches). These extreme rainfall total estimates were shown east of the Andes in southeastern Peru and Bolivia.

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Credits: ASA/JAXA/SSAI, Hal Pierce

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