TRMM Animated Flood Map of Tropical Depression 5 (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Caption

This TRMM animated flood map shows the track and development of three tropical systems: TD5, Estelle (in the eastern Pacific) and Colin (in the Atlantic). The animation runs from Aug. 4-13 shows TD5 formed on August 10 as "System 94L" and became Tropical Depression 5 on August 11 (labeled 05L). On Aug. 13 in the animation, southeastern Louisiana is mapped in yellow indicating flood potential.

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NASA/SSAI, Hal Pierce

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