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Heavy Rain in Queensland
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Published March 3, 2010
This color-coded image shows estimated rainfall amounts in Queensland and neighboring states from February 24 to March 2, 2010. Lowest rainfall amounts appear in pale green, and heaviest amounts appear in dark blue.
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Heavy Rains in Central Australia
Published February 16, 2010
This color-coded image shows total rainfall amounts in Australia from February 7 to 13, 2010. Light green indicates the lightest amounts and dark blue indicates the heaviest amounts.
Tropical Cyclone Laurence
Published December 17, 2009
This color-coded image shows rainfall and storm intensity for Tropical Cyclone Laurence on December 10–17, 2009. Darker hues indicate heavier rainfall and greater storm intensity.
Rainfall from Philippine Typhoons
Published December 5, 2009
Between May and October 2009, 12 tropical cyclones poured rain over the Philippine Islands. This image illustrates how much rain fell over the islands when the storms were active.
Heavy Rains in Southern Japan
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Published July 31, 2009
This false-color image shows rainfall amounts in and around southern Japan in July 2009. Deeper blue indicates heavier rainfall.
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Cyclone Ellie
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Published February 4, 2009
This image shows rainfall totals for January 27 through February 3, 2009, for northeastern Australia and the surrounding region, where Cyclone Ellie made landfall on February 2.
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Flooding in Central America
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Published October 31, 2008
Tropical Depression 16 moved ashore over Honduras on October 16 and slowly cut its way over Central America, dumping heavy rain from southeastern Mexico to Costa Rica.
Rainfall in Typhoon Neoguri
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Published April 18, 2008
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Deadly Rains in the U.S. Midwest
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Published March 21, 2008
An early spring storm system advanced out of the Southern Plains in mid-March 2008, causing widespread flooding. Strong southerly winds developed ahead of an area of low pressure located over the Southern High Plains and drew moisture up from the Gulf of Mexico across Texas and Louisiana. This warm, moist air collided with a frontal boundary, producing repeated bouts of thunderstorms and heavy rain from central Texas through Oklahoma and into Kansas and Missouri.
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Unusually Intense Rain Floods Southern Africa
Published January 29, 2008
Heavier-than-normal rainfall in January 2008 brought flooding to parts of southern Africa. The hardest hit areas included Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique.
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