GPM Image of Dumazile (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

GPM Image of Dumazile

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On March 3, 2018 at 12:10 a.m. EST (1710 UTC) the GPM satellite measured rain hitting Madagascar's eastern coast at a rate of over 160 mm (6.3 inches) per hour. Even heavier precipitation along the coast was falling at a rate of over 216 mm (8.5 inches) per hour. Storms where the heaviest rainfall was occurring were above 13.7 km (8.5 miles) high.

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Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce

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