Deluge in Louisiana

A slow-moving storm system brought heavy rainfall to southern Louisiana, leading to widespread flooding.

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NASA Earth Observatory map by Joshua Stevens, using IMERG data provided courtesy of the Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) Science Team’s Precipitation Processing System (PPS). Photograph provided by the NOAA Remote Sensing Division. Caption by Kathryn Hansen.

Published August 17, 2016
Data acquired August 12 - 14, 2016

Sources:

GPM

Photograph