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Intense Rain Leads to Flooding in Japan

Following closely after a tropical storm, a rainstorm triggered deadly floods and landslides in Japan’s southern island of Kyushu.


NASA Earth Observatory map by Jesse Allen, using IMERG data provided courtesy of the Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) Science Team’s Precipitation Processing System (PPS). Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published July 8, 2017
Data acquired July 4 - 6, 2017

Source:
GPM