NASA sees Super Typhoon Meranti's extreme rainfall

Monday, September 12, 2016 - 15:51 in Astronomy & Space

Satellite data from NASA revealed that powerful storms in Super Typhoon Meranti were generating almost a foot or almost 300 millimeters of rainfall per hour. The Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core satellite measured the heavy rainfall on one side of the Category 5 super typhoon.

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