Tropical Storm Leads to Floods in Japan

Though it never reached typhoon status, Etau provoked record-setting rain in several prefectures.

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NASA Earth Observatory map by Joshua Stevens and Jesse Allen using IMERG data provided courtesy of the Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) Science Team's Precipitation Processing System (PPS), and storm track information from Unisys Weather Hurricane/Tropical Storm Data. NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE MODIS Rapid Response. Caption by Mike Carlowicz.

Published September 11, 2015
Data acquired September 6 - 10, 2015

Sources:

Aqua > MODIS

GPM

Collection:

MODIS Rapid Response