NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Evan batter and drench Samoan Islands
Friday, December 14, 2012 - 16:00
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite continues to provide rainfall and cloud height data on powerful Cyclone Evan as it crawls through the Samoan Islands with hurricane-force winds and heavy rains. NASA's TRMM satellite identified "hot towers" in the storm, hinting that it would continue to intensify.