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.