GPM Image of Son-Tinh (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

GPM Image of Son-Tinh

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The GPM core observatory satellite passed over on July 16, 2018 at 4:51 a.m. EDT (0851 UTC), GPM's radar (DPR Ku Band) also showed extremely heavy precipitation in the Philippine Sea near the northeastern tip of Luzon where rain was coming down at a rate of greater than 165 mm (6.5 inches) per hour.

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Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce

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