Unusually Intense Rain Floods Southern Africa

Heavier-than-normal rainfall in January 2008 brought flooding to parts of southern Africa. The hardest hit areas included Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Unusually Intense Rain Floods Southern Africa.

NASA image courtesy Jesse Allen based on data provided by the TRMM team. Caption by Steve Lang (SSAI NASA/GSFC).

Published January 29, 2008
Data acquired December 24, 2007 - January 25, 2008

Source:: TRMM > MPA